Re: New type of CD-ROM Drives

Darrell L. Kristof (dlk@caldwell.isd.tenet.edu)
Mon, 4 Mar 1996 00:19:42 EST

John Newsham (kdr000@mail.connect.more.net) wrote:
: Does anyone have information on the new CD-ROM drives. I understand that
: they will hold several gigabytes of information. Whole movies! When are
: they expected to be available for Wintel machines. Will this be the a new
: standard making the present drives obsolete? Will they meet the needs of
: educational uses? How about our laserdisks? If we are looking forward to
: a large puchase between now and next year can we expect these drives to be
: available or should we buy machines without drives and wait?

If you can get by without having to purchase a CD-ROM drive now, it might
be well worth it (according to the latest article in PC Magazine/World --
I forget which) because of the new technology of DVD Digital Video
Discs. These will (according to the article) replace our CD-ROM drives
within the next year if not two.

Just my $.02 worth. Also a Ziff-Davis' employee too!

: "The medium is no longer the message."
: Nicholas Negroponte

Darrell

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