Answering two questions at once:
First, from Chuck Norcutt:
> I don't think you need a CD. The DVD drive will play or create any CD.
> I used to have two CD drives which I kept to facilitate making a copy
> of a CD. However, I almost never copied any CD's and when I did there
> really wasn't much time difference between CD to CD copy and CD to hard
> drive to CD copy.
>
The dual drives are only $20 more than a single drive, and the CD drive is 48X
instead of 16X with the single drive. I copy music CDs (the ones with real
music) to use on the road so the originals can stay safe. I'll pay $20 for the
convenience of faster copying. (If it really is faster. If not -- well, it
won't be the first $20 I've wasted. Not even today!)
Second, from Jim Timpe:
> I have to ask why you want this?
>
> 3.5 in. floppy drive
>
I've got a couple hundred 3.5" floppies, some of which contain information I
may need someday, but the likelihood is too small to bother copying them onto
other media. Of course, I'll have a helluva time finding the one I want, but
if I do, I'd like to have a way to read it. I suppose I could use the laptop,
assuming it's still alive, or un-mothball the old Nortgate 286 in the basement
that has both 5.25 and 3.5 drives, which I'm keeping for just such an
eventuality. Yeah, I've still got stuff on 5 1/4" floppies. :-[ And the
difference between the media card reader alone and the media card reader with
floppy drive is, again, only $20.
Walt
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"Anything more than 500 yards from
the car just isn't photogenic." --
Edward Weston
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