Lotus 123 books, IPC Peripherals CD changer....

From: David Woyciesjes <dwoyciesjes_at_comcast.net>
Date: Mon Jun 9 11:40:00 2003

Tothwolf wrote:
>
> On Thu, 5 Jun 2003, David Woyciesjes wrote:
> >
> > Yeah, I have an NEC (?) internal IDE 4 disc changer. Pretty neat...
>
> The only major issue I have with the NEC changers I have is that their
> audio quality is extremely poor. I don't remember the specs off the top of
> my head, but I think their range is something like 1.5KHz-10KHz....

        Well, I'm not too worried about audio quality from the NEC changer. I
only use it for data discs, like in a library...
 
> > Well, the whole thing itself is about 4"Hx7"Wx13"D... Across the top of
> > the face is the headphone jack, volume knob, 7 buttons in a row (for
> > each disc) then the status light. Below that is the tray to load the
> > discs. And the tray is wider than your standard CD tray... With this
> > faceplate on it, my only choice is to keep it as an external drive.
>
> That drive sounds very similar in design to the NEC drives I have. I have
> to wonder if it isn't a rebadged or OEM drive? Does it use a regular
> external SCSI drive chassis, or is it a custom case? The NEC and Pioneer
> changers I have are all custom cases.
>
> -Toth

        Well from the back it looks like a regular chassis, but the front plate
is definitely a custom job. I'll see if I can dig up a camera tomorrow
for some pictures... And I'll see if I have time today to crack it
open...

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