Did you ever own a 1x (150KB/s) CD-ROM drive?

[Random Variable]

I did a mere 14 years ago. It made games like Mad Dog McCree impossible to play.

 

[mchammer]

 

[andylawcc]

i had 2x Toshiba...

 

[SynthDude2001]

Yes, sure did...it was an old SCSI external drive that had a caddy to put the discs in...that thing was a tank, it probably weighed 10 pounds 😛

Edit: Can't remember what brand it was for the life of me. This was probably over 10 years ago though.

 

[mundane]

No, but I did own a 2x. On an old Gateway, IIRC. Ironically, I'm also not yet wearing pants (hey, it's Saturday morning!). I'm gonna vote for #2.

 

[Eli]

nope, had a 2x tho..

 

[Aves]

Yes. A Mitsumi.

I also had a single speed CD writer.

 

[loup garou]

I think it was a 2x, used a caddy.

 

[Random Variable]

Originally posted by: loup garou
I think it was a 2x, used a caddy.

My second CD-ROM Drive (a 4x) used a caddy.

 

[Shawn]

Yep, It was made by Reveal. The whole assembly came out and the top opened, much like a portable cd player. It was crazy. Wish I still had it. 🙁

 

[wfbberzerker]

yep, i remember upgrading it to something like a 10x because crusader: no remorse loaded so slowly.

 

[Random Variable]

Originally posted by: Shawn
Yep, It was made by Reveal. The whole assembly came out and the top opened, much like a portable cd player. It was crazy. Wish I still had it. 🙁

OMG, you're right. I totally forgot about that.

 

[Horus]

Originally posted by: Random Variable

Originally posted by: Shawn
Yep, It was made by Reveal. The whole assembly came out and the top opened, much like a portable cd player. It was crazy. Wish I still had it. 🙁

OMG, you're right. I totally forgot about that.

I had the same one! I loved that CD-ROm...it ruled.

 

[PowerEngineer]

Yes, I did...

An add-on SCSI 1x CDROM package I bought at Costco for my brand new Gateway 386SX. I remember the kids going through the CD versions of the "Arthur" books. That must have been 14-15 years ago.

A couple years later, I remember lusting after the so-much-faster 4x CDROMs that cost about $400...

 

[Pepsei]

hmmm, the slowest i ever had was a 2X mitsumi.

 

[SKORPI0]

I had a 1X CD-Rom drive with my Amiga 500.

Still have 4 Toshiba XM-3401B 2X SCSI CD-rom drives that use a caddy. It came with an external scsi case I bought in a computer show almost 10 years ago.

 

[Imaginer]

The first PC I used was a 386 and it had a 1x CD ROM drive - and it only accepts them in caddy form! 🙂

And I remember the bump to 4X was bliss!

 

[Minerva]

Still do, it's what I listen to music with.

 

[MustISO]

I had a 1X, pretty I paid a lot for it. I think the first game I played with it was 7th guest.

 

[toant103]

got the packard bell computer with 1x cdrom

 

[Blayze]

No

First was a 4x that came with a Packard Bell.

 

[Ricemarine]

I owned a 2X

 

[yobarman]

lol my first cd rom drive was external! W00t! It was about the size of a shoe box and the wire was thicker than printer cable.

 

[SarcasticDwarf]

I went from a IBM PS/1 (no cd-rom) to a Packard Bell P166 that I believe had a 4x.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Yes, and I still have one in my G3.