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From: joseph@valnet.UUCP (Joseph P. Hillenburg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Xetec CD-ROM drive
Keywords: CD-ROM, ISO 9660, SCSI, CD audio
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Date: 29 Oct 90 20:06:40 GMT
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zerkle@iris.ucdavis.edu (Dan Zerkle) writes:

> In article <1990Oct28.043628.23763@uncecs.edu> ruslan@uncecs.edu (Robin C. La
> >
> >I have gotten some more information concerning the Xetec CD-ROM drives,
> >so I thought I'd pass it on.
> > ...
> >Internal drive is called the CDx650i, US $599.00, for 2000/3000.
> 
> I don't get this.  The 3000 has two internal drive bays, but both are
> for 3 1/2" half-height drives.  CD's are 5 1/4" disks.  How does this
> work?
> 

The internal drive ONLY works on A2x00 machine@! (Hopefully it'll fit in 
the rumored tower amiga though.) I suppose, with enough torment you oculd 
fit a CDi drive in an A3000, but I'd stick wiith the CDx for that.
>              Dan Zerkle  zerkle@iris.ucdavis.edu  (916) 754-0240
>            Amiga...  Because life is too short for boring computers.


-Joseph Hillenburg

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