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W Info File Acer CD 612A Price: $199 (tray) Specifications: Internal; EIDE/ATAPI; 1200KBps to 2260KBps transfer rate; 125ms access time; 128KB buffer; includes 12 educational and entertainment titles Support: One-year warranty, 24-hour toll-free support Acer America Corp. 800-SEE-ACER,408-432-6200

W Info File Mitsumi FX120 Series 12X CD-ROM Drive Price: $189(tray) Specifications: Internal; EIDE/ATAPI; 1800KBps transfer rate; 120ms access time; 256KB buffer Support: One-year warranty Mitsumi Electronics Corp. 214-550-7300, fax 214-550-7424

W Info File Plextor 12Plex Price: Caddy, $399; tray, $349 Specifications: Internal; SCSI; 1800KBps transfer rate; 105ms access time; 512KB buffer; tray or caddy models available Support: Two-year warranty, toll-free technical support Plextor 800-4-Plextor, 408-980-1838

W Info File TEAC CD-512E Price: $149 (tray) Specifications: Internal; EIDE/ATAPI; 1800KBps transfer rate; 160ms access time; 128KB buffer Support: One-year warranty, 24-hour BBS TEAC America 213-726-0303, fax 213-727-7652

W Info File Toshiba XM-5701B Price: $195 (tray) Specifications: Internal; SCSI-2; 1800KBps transfer rate; 125ms access time; 256KB buffer Support: One-year warranty, toll-number technical support, weekdays, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. PST Toshiba America Information Systems 714-457-0777, fax 714-587-6847

W Info File U.S. Robotics Courier I-Modem with CD/V.34 Price: $399 Specifications: External CD terminal adapter with integrated V.34 fax modem. Features Multilink PPP, multiple compression types and dynamic bandwidth allocation. Support: Area-specific information on CD availability, installation charges/services, tariffing and support for CD products. 888-USR-CD U.S. Robotics/Network Systems Division 800-USR-CORP, 847-676-7010

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Windows Magazine, April 1997, page 238.

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