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From: gdavis@primate.wisc.edu (Gary Davis)
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Subject: Re: Reviews of Non-Apple CD-ROM drives (Summary)
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Date: 11 Apr 91 05:00:26 GMT
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From article <7188@mace.cc.purdue.edu>, by omalley@mace.cc.purdue.edu (John O'Malley):
> My recent query for comparative reviews of non-Apple CD drives resulted in
> several responses.  Here's the info.
> 
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> The one drive to avoid is the small, low-cost NEC portable drive, which
> I've seen in a few ads for Adobe fonts recently.  It's reportedly quite
> slow and unreliable.

I called Educorp about the NEC drives bundled with the NEC package of
Adobe fonts. The low priced drive is the CDR-36 which the salesperson
claimed had a time of 500 msec. I asked her if she didn't mean 1500,
which is the speed advertised for the CDR-35, but she insisted it was
500. The price for the CDR-36 with the NEC Type Gallery is $479, cheaper
than the $499 for the CDR-35 alone. Something seems wrong here. Does
anyone know anything about the CDR-36?

Educorp also bundles a faster NEC drive with the NEC Type Gallery. This
is the CDR-73 which the salesperson claimed runs at 300 msec.
(There's also an CDR-72 with a speed of 350 msec)
The bundle price is $723 (roughly). This seems pretty good if you
need the font library and the drive is as good as is claimed.
So, again, does anyone have any information on the CDR-73?

Gary Davis