Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom.reviews Path: cdrom.com!barrnet.net!parc!biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!noc.near.net!ns.draper.com!news.draper.com!fae2814a.draper.com!pdemaio From: pdemaio@draper.com (PDeMaio) Subject: Re: Anyone using 3X Drives? Message-ID: Lines: 50 Sender: nntp@draper.com (NNTP Master) Nntp-Posting-Host: fae2814a.draper.com Organization: Draper Laboratory X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev A] References: <2taktk$16k@senator-bedfellow.MIT.EDU> Date: Mon, 13 Jun 1994 15:28:04 GMT In article kinoue@epaus.island.net (Katsumi Inoue) writes: >Subject: Re: Anyone using 3X Drives? >From: kinoue@epaus.island.net (Katsumi Inoue) >Date: Mon, 13 Jun 1994 07:36:32 GMT >In article <2tgkcs$j6o@news.u.washington.edu>, >Stanford Prescott wrote: >>vimrich@athena.mit.edu (Vernon R Imrich) writes: >>>I'm in the market for "multimedia kits" and have seen some >>>ads for 3X (triple speed) CD-ROMs. However, since I've never >>>even used a 2X, I have no idea what kind of advantage the >>>new 3X is. Usually, when buying new electronics, "new" things >>>become "a must" in only a short time. (I don't of any 1X >>>CD-ROM's even selling anymore). Any experience out there? >I'm also in the market and I read quite a lot of messages on Compuserve >and articles in USENET about NEC 3X. I read more bad things than good >things about the drive. >I read on CI$ that drives with version 2.2 firmware have problems. >I'm not sure what firmware means but maybe program in ROM or something. >Does anyone know whether 3Xp drives with version 2.2 firmware >are still around in market? I have a 3Xi OEM and after initial setup it's been fine with just about everthing. However at first it was a real bitch. I had to really toy with memory and drivers. I was getting wierd errors like not being able to read the disk anymore. Now it performs very well. Once software becomes better written for the performance of these drives, they will be real speed demons. For now they're as good as anything on the market. >>>P.S. NEC's 3X ad is awesome. (It's an incredible photo of a >>>woman's face with the words, "don't lie to me." It is a face >>>that you absolutely cannot turn down!) >>She is on several TV commercials also and I've seen her in a couple of >>films recently, too. >So , what's her name, please? :) >-- Ya, what is her name? What movies? I spent quite a bit of time scaning, editing out text and colorizing to get positively the best wall paper in the world. Makes waiting for windows to boot up almost enjoyable. I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who notice this great add. By the way novody ever sees my windows without commenting on her, even women. PDeMaio Is that a light at the end of the tunnel or just an oncoming train?