So I'm searching for these on the net, and I can't find much. All I hear are good things, but I can't find any for sale. Where can I get one? Is there anything I should know? EIDE, not SCSI.
 
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my friend, I've heard bad things about them.  That was a while back though.  They don't make them anymore for a reason...

Didn't Kenwood market a 72x drive roughly the same time.
If I remember right, there was a class action lawsuit dealing with these drives also.

something like that, huh?  I just remember that drive having mucho problems and they stopped making them.

i bet that thing sould have been Noisy!
 
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And I am sure the 72X is total BS. It may spin that fast during peak periods, but it wouldn't read it then. I think most should keep in mind max drive speed doesn't mean a whole lot. I have a 52x Sony drive, and an old HP CD-writer that reads at 32x, when I benchmarked the drives, the 32x HP drive actually substained higher read speads, if I remember right the HP was reading (substained over time)  23x, while the 52x drive was only managing 21x.

Actually, the drive spun at a much lower RPM. It basicly used (5 or 7) read heads and actually worked at 72X.
 
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Truex and Kenwood actually were in it together.
 
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Thats interesting, now if only they could make this hardware setup reliable. I had no ideal it had multiple read heads, sounds like a good ideal.
 
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As I recall the drive with multiple read heads couldn't read CDR/W at all, though it has been a while and I may be mis-remembering.
 
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Can't read CD-RW, this doesn't seem to be like a real big draw back (to me), I would prefer the extra read speed. CD-RW has become my new floppy, I use them real breifly to maybe transfer a small file back and forth, but anymore I don't do that much either. I have two network switches and a wirless router in my house, so while at home its easier to transfer over the network. Also I don't really even copy files on CD-RW even to take files somewhere, I keep two sets of CD-Rs around. One set is a decent brand name disc, to make personal backups on. The other is the cheapest discs I could find on eBay, and when someone needs something I give it to them on those cheap discs, then I don't care if I get them back or anything.
 
I think CD-RW have they place, but I think their use is limited. Anymore CD-R are so cheap, I don't feel bad if I end up throwing one away.  
 
Currently I do use some DVD-RW discs for some backups, but mainly only becuase DVD-R discs are still on the pricey side (I know, storage/price they are that high).
 
 
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