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On Thu, 14 Nov 1996 15:30:04 EST, James E. Ackermann wrote: >relative updating a 701 C. I am adding a cd rom drive and need input as >to whether to purchase a drive with a pc card interface or a parallel >interface. In addition any information on specific drives would be >appreciated. Have a look at http://www.maxcom.nl/cardport/cardportcd-e.html This device is sort of expensive (I think US$ 300-400) but very cool. You can plug it in and out at any time - no need for reboot. Works great with OS/2 if you care. Also works as a Diskman. I have heard that Sony sells a "CD-ROM Discman" with scsi interface for US$ 150,- Parallel devices are slow and the inefficient LPT port needs very much CPU time. Be careful with "8-Speed" portable CD-ROM drives. They need too much power. 2x spin is perfectly OK for notebooks... Have fun joerg klemenz (joergk@ipf.de)