[12395] in Public-Access_Computer_Systems_Forum
Re: CD-ROM drives which accept caddies
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dennis Brantley)
Mon Aug 24 20:18:20 1998
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1998 12:51:29 -0500
From: Dennis Brantley <dennis@dati.com>
To: PACS-L@LISTSERV.UH.EDU
Reply-To: dennis@dati.com
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Guy Aron wrote:
>
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> Colleagues
>
> this message is being cross-posted to BUSLIB, so apologies for any
> duplication.
>
> The dedicated PC on which we run Business Periodicals on Disc has
> burnt out one of its CD-ROM drives.
>
> Our Systems staff tell us that no more CD-ROM drives are being made
> which accept CD-ROM discs in caddies (ie those hinged plastic boxes
> in which the BPO discs are supplied.)
>
> If any participant on this list has knowledge of any such product
> still being marketed, I would be most grateful. At present this
> problem is rendering our holdings of BPO completely unusable.
>
> Thanks in advance for any leads you can give.
>
Plextor at http://www.plextor.com still makes caddy drives. I think
they're the only one and they're sorta pricey.
Can't you just take the CDs out of the caddy and use them in a tray
drive?
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Dennis Brantley
Data Access Technologies, Inc.
Toll Free 1-888-4-DATI-CD (432-8423)
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