DEC RRD40 CDROM Drives

From: Eric Dittman <dittman_at_dittman.net>
Date: Tue Apr 24 17:44:16 2001

> Of course you were supposed to buy one caddy for each CD-ROM you had,
> load them once, and then insert the appropriate caddy into the drive.
> Used like that, they're easier to use than loose CD-ROMs in a
> conventional tray-type drive.
>
> However, most people were too cheap (:-)) to buy enough caddies (they
> weren't that cheap IiRC), and there is a definite knack to loading them
> without dropping the disk. When you get used to them they're not that
> bad, though.

The company I worked for was too cheap to buy more than a couple.
I seem to remember the caddies were around $40 each, but that may
be just a poor memory.
-- 
Eric Dittman
dittman_at_dittman.net
Received on Tue Apr 24 2001 - 17:44:16 BST

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