cole@sas.UUCP (Tom Cole) (05/22/89)
Okay, we are clearly on the dawn of a new flood of information via CD-ROM, and
the impending availability of "Phil and Dave's Excellent CD" from Apple, just
chock full of goodies, makes it seems like now is the time to look into getting
a CD-ROM drive. Besides, the ability to play music through a $7000 Mac II is
just too good to pass up ;-).
Anyway, what's out there? I know that Apple has a drive, and it probably is
a pretty good one, with nice solid features and decent system support, and
also probably costs a bit more than third-party drives. I have heard that
there is a company that sells a driver for less than $100 that will function
with nine or so CD-ROM type drives. So clearly, there is some choice in the
market right now.
o What are the drives that are out there, and what are there relevant
features?
o What will such a drive cost me?
o What nifty cool neato software comes with the drives or is generally
available out there in the world?
o What special considerations to using a CD-ROM are there that I
haven't thought of? (Like "Can't be served via TOPS", or maybe
"Drivers eat memory" or somesuch thing that doesn't seem likeley
but would be *real* irritating.)
I apologize if this has been beaten to death recently, I am a somewhat
sporadic reader of these groups. Any and all info would be greatly
appreciated.
E-mail is preferable to news postings as I don't read news often enough.
Thanks in advance for any help....
Tom Cole
SAS Institute
{anywhere}mcnc|rti|sas|cole
Declaimer: Othellobskendig@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Brian Kendig) (05/23/89)
Back when I got my first computer, a TI-99/4A, I thought it was pretty nifty that I could use a normal, everyday tape recorder to record my files. Now we're talking CD-ROMs. Just for the record, is it possible to hook up a 'normal, everyday' CD player to a Mac and have it read a CD-ROM? If so, what additional hardware do I need for it to function as such? And what can I build or buy in order to get my Mac to drive my CD-player in some sort of interesting fashion? I mean, to have it play 'disc jockey'? -- | Brian S. Kendig /\ +----+ /\ of Power | bskendig | | Computer Engineering / Triforces! \ Courage | @phoenix.Princeton.EDU | | Princeton University +----+ \/ +----+ Wisdom | @PUCC.BITNET | | "Estu la Forteco kun vi." - Obi-Wan Kenobi | @somewhere_past_Betelgeuse |
cbdougla@uokmax.UUCP (Collin Broadrick Douglas) (05/23/89)
Actually, could the info be posted on the net also? I'm sure a lot of people are interested... Collin Douglas