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What CD Reader Options Can Be Used w 1200? (modified 0 times) Danreller Profile I would like to buy an external CD reader for the 1200. What is compatible and what is not? Mine has Windows 95SE, 80Ram. What card types are supported should I go the PCMCIA route? Does it need to have an external power source? Are USB versions ( I have the port duplicator) available? Parallel port? What have you other users gotten as a CD reader? Has anyone gotten a reader/writer or is the 120MHz just too slow? Danreller 11-09-2002 17:04:34

RE:What CD Reader Options Can Be Used w 1200? (modified 0 times) YouBecha Profile Haven't tried writing...in previous times I have used a 166 to write cds... As far as reading goes, I would get one that is accessable through dos, or even bootable...that rules out USB, I have heard that some pcmcia drives will boot, or at least can be seen by dos, dont know about parallel port. http://www.geocities.com/mr_bubba_zanetti/ 11-10-2002 07:55:45

RE:What CD Reader Options Can Be Used w 1200? (modified 0 times) oldman Profile | Email Danreller: Archos http://www.archos.com has a bunch of different PC Card PCMCIA and USB devices. their Mini CD is recognized by windows as a standard IDE controller, so no other drivers need to be loaded. EXP http://www.expnet.com has parallel and PCMCIA devices. their device drivers need to be loaded the first time to run. both company's devices have different cables to use with each type of computer output. i have both parallel and PCMCIA cables for my EXP ThinCD865, but i have only the PCMCIA cable for my Arhos MiniCD the EXP is an 8X drive and the Archos is 24X. have fun, oldman 11-10-2002 14:05:27

RE:What CD Reader Options Can Be Used w 1200? (modified 0 times) Danreller Profile I'm going to try the PCMCIA route. I'll let all know how it works out after I win one on eBay and get it. Danreller 11-10-2002 16:15:09

RE:What CD Reader Options Can Be Used w 1200? (modified 0 times) Danreller Profile Well, after several attempts to get PCMCIA eBay win, I finally settled on a Parallel model. Dan 11-12-2002 19:06:24

RE:What CD Reader Options Can Be Used w 1200? (modified 0 times) oldman Profile | Email dan: what brand is it? be sure you get the drivers with it. have fun, oldman 11-12-2002 21:39:58

RE:What CD Reader Options Can Be Used w 1200? (modified 0 times) kb7w Profile I hope the parallel route does not trade speed. My experience with ZIP drives and external IDE harddrives is that PCMCIA is much faster than using the parallel port, but maybe that is just a quirk of my external IDE interface (from H45). 11-13-2002 02:47:15

RE:What CD Reader Options Can Be Used w 1200? (modified 0 times) Danreller Profile It is a MicroSolutions Bantam 24X . It's transfer speed via the parallel port is supossed to be 1.2MBs. I think the PCMCIA are about double that, but, it will get the job done - I hope. I got to thinking after no one wrote back that some PCMCIA card CDs may not be compatible. I also thought, humm, my laptop has a PCMCIA slot, but, my two desktops don't. An external CD that is parallel may come in handy in the future albeit slow. Dan 11-13-2002 16:01:14

RE:What CD Reader Options Can Be Used w 1200? (modified 0 times) Danreller Profile Just wanted to update. I received my Microsolutions Backpack Bamtam Parallel Port CD-ROM Drive and it works great on my 1200. It's probably slower than a PCMCIA CD-ROM Drive, but, I'm happy. Dan 11-24-2002 10:44:25

RE:What CD Reader Options Can Be Used w 1200? (modified 0 times) wanderer Profile Dan, The PCMCIA connector will work with all MicroSolution Backpacks newer than the 2x, just not with DOS. It's about twice as fast as parallel. See http://www.compuplus.com/insidepage.php3?sid=98fctd81xs0mn9p&id=822 RecycleSave@aol.com 11-24-2002 13:48:30

RE:What CD Reader Options Can Be Used w 1200? (modified 0 times) Danreller Profile Hi Wanderer, Do you mean by buying that connector I can convert mine into a PCMCIA unit? Do you know if the external power source will still be necessary or can the CD-Rom Driver get power through the PCMCIA link? Thanks for the great info. Dan 11-24-2002 15:59:23

RE:What CD Reader Options Can Be Used w 1200? (modified 0 times) wanderer Profile Yep, both the PCMCIA and USB adapters will work with Windows on your 24x, but you'll still need to plug in the power supply. (Unless you can get creative with a 5v battery pack, or tap off the computer somewhere.) RecycleSave@aol.com 11-24-2002 21:50:27

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