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From: haney@tramp.Colorado.EDU (HANEY PATRICIA J)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: CD ROM Drives
Message-ID: <1991Jan30.083306.8669@csn.org>
Date: 30 Jan 91 08:33:06 GMT
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amanda@visix.com (Amanda Walker) writes:
>Has anyone had a chance to try the new NEC portable CD-ROM drive?
>The size and the ability to double as a battery-powered audio CD
>player make it very attractive, as does the price, but I imagine there's
>a catch somewhere...

The batteries r using the drive as a portable go in the larger docking piece,
therefore when you talk about "a battery-powered audio CD player" you are
taing about bring along *both* piecs of the drive to use it for audio, not
just the compact detachable drive unit.t's just not the same asbuying a
portable CD player. Plus the battery pack sells for $55 and up. We're not
talking A cells here. While the NEC drive is the only one that you can play
audio CDs on without turning on the computer first, it does have its share of
limitations. I know because I had one and sold it - keeping my beloved CDTech
drive. 

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