From: Gerald Wang (gtwang_at_calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca)
Date: Wed Oct 21 1998 - 19:20:38 EDT
On Wed, 21 Oct 1998, Robert Fink wrote:
> This is not a philosophical question, but a purely technical one. Through
> unforseen circumstances, I find myself the proud owner of a new IBM DVD
> drive, happily ensconsed in my UltraBay and playing Peckinpah's _The Wild
> Bunch_ to most impressive effect. (I knew that 14.1 screen would be worth
> the $$$!)
Lucky you! :-)
> The question: I *also* have a 24X CD-Rom drive. Is there any technical
> reason, any usage situation, where the CDROM will do something faster or
> better than the DVDROM? Or should I just try to sell the CDROM? (Anybody
> want it...?)
I don't think it will be faster as, if I'm not mistaken, DVD drives play
back CD-ROMs at 32x. By the way, is that an external CD-ROm drive you have
there?
Regards,
Gerald
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