[ale] Cheap CDRom Drive

[Jim Popovitch]

CompUSA has been selling some 40x EIDE CD-ROMs for about $45.  I bought
one against the advice of list lurker (Neil you have been identified). 
As it turns out, its the best CD-ROM I ever bought.  The drive tray
slides in and out very smoothly, it works fast and is very quiet.   It
came in a pretty generic white box with a big blue and orange sticker
that says "40X MAX".  Here's the specs from the box:

EIDE (requires UDMA support)
Built-in buffer
2,400-6,000 KB/S max
Mode 1
Mode 2(form 1, form 2)
CD-XA
Video CD
CD-1
CD-RW
Mulitsession PhotoCD
I-Trax CD
Power Tray
Brushless
Headphone Jack, Volumn Control
Power eject button
50,000 power on hours.


Bill Ripley wrote:
> 
> Anybody have a good source for cheap CDRom drives.
> 
> TIA
> 
> Bill Ripley