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To: PMS Witch who wrote (1269)	12/28/1998 10:19:00 AM
From: Early Out	Respond to of 110631

Don't know much about DVD other than they have a much larger storage capacity than a standard CDROM, which I believe gives it the ability to store full-length movies. -jsc

To: PMS Witch who wrote (1269)	12/28/1998 10:29:00 AM
From: Steven Bowen	Respond to of 110631

Another quick question along the same lines; I bought a Compaq laptop that didn't come with a CD drive. Can I buy any IDE internal notebook CD drive and expect it to work (I was just going to pick one up at an auction, but my choices scare me)? Inparticular, I was looking at a Teac drive; ___________________________________________________________ High performance; high speed access to data-intensive resources and processes - Connects to the internal IDE controller - Connects directly to the internal IDE controller in the system unit. As a result, no separate adapter card is required for installation. CD-DA audio playback and digital audio data transfer - Uses 5.25-inch and 3.5-inch media - Uses 5.25-inch and 3.5-inch media without an adapter IDE 128k Buffer 900 KB Transfer rate 180 MS Access Time _______________________________________________________________ But this particular unit states "Fully compatible with IBM thinkpad TP 365/XD models." Should I expect a unit like this to fit and work with a Compaq, or do I need to find one that implicitly states "compatible with Compaqs"? TIA, Steve