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From: Tony Duell <ard_at_p850ug1.demon.co.uk>
Date: Tue Jan 28 19:35:48 2003

[Mitsumi CD ROM drives]

> > Those were very common about 5 years ago... I guess there are plenty
> > still around.
>
> 5 years ago? I think not :) In 1998 severalteen speed IDE CDs were the norm,

5 years ago (well, OK, middle of 1997) was when I finished my last job,
in major UK University. I am _sure_ of this because there's an HPCC
conference every 5 years...

Many of the 'public access' machines in the university terminal rooms had
this sort of CD-ROM drive. They certainly weren't new, or the 'latest
thing', but they were still in use.

-tony
Received on Tue Jan 28 2003 - 19:35:48 GMT