Date: Mon, 01 Sep 1997 13:53:09 -0700 From: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" <michaelv@MindBender.serv.net> To: "Jamil J. Weatherbee" <jamil@counterintelligence.ml.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CDROM drives in general Message-ID: <199709012053.NAA05860@MindBender.serv.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of Mon, 01 Sep 97 12:48:11 -0700. <Pine.BSF.3.96.970901124302.1054A-100000@counterintelligence.ml.org>
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>Is it just me, or is this normal?
>I noticed after upgrading a few months ago from an old 2X Panasonic
>interface CDROM drive to an 8X ATAPI that audio cds skip alot easier when
>the table my machine is sitting on it subjected to even the smallest shock
[...]
Cheaper (read: less well-designed) hardware?
Much of the "cheap" mega-X CD-ROM drives these days are pretty much
disposable crap. You usually do better by getting SCSI, or at least
getting a bit more expensive name-brand stuff.
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