Minimum requirements for a 1X/2X cdrom drive?

[Philippine Mango]

This doesn't really belong in a technical forum because it isn't exactly very important and runs along the lines of what your favoritie game is IMO. What would you say would be the absolute minimum requirements for a computer to have a 1X/2X cdrom drive? 486? 386? 286? 8086? 8088??

 

[CrackRabbit]

The slowest computer i remember seeing with a cd-rom drive was a 386, but i suspose that you could get one on a 286 if you had the right interface card and drivers.

 

[Shawn]

huh?

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: Philippine Mango
This doesn't really belong in a technical forum because it isn't exactly very important and runs along the lines of what your favoritie game is IMO. What would you say would be the absolute minimum requirements for a computer to have a 1X/2X cdrom drive? 486? 386? 286? 8086? 8088??

You've had more :beer: than I have had tonight Philippine Mango!

 

[CrackRabbit]

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein

Originally posted by: Philippine Mango
This doesn't really belong in a technical forum because it isn't exactly very important and runs along the lines of what your favoritie game is IMO. What would you say would be the absolute minimum requirements for a computer to have a 1X/2X cdrom drive? 486? 386? 286? 8086? 8088??

You've had more :beer: than I have had tonight Philippine Mango!

Its not the :beer: its the meds he is on for some nasty infection he has...

 

[Shawn]

There is no minimum requirement to use a cd-rom drive. As long as you have an IDE controller you are good to go. I put a cd-rom in an old 286 and it worked fine. However I'd stay away from those 1x and 2x cd-roms. They usually had their own proprietary controller which wasn't compatable with IDE. You can tell they aren't IDE because they have less pins.

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Originally posted by: Philippine Mango
This doesn't really belong in a technical forum because it isn't exactly very important and runs along the lines of what your favoritie game is IMO. What would you say would be the absolute minimum requirements for a computer to have a 1X/2X cdrom drive? 486? 386? 286? 8086? 8088??

There's a forum specifically for your question.

 

[Philippine Mango]

Originally posted by: Nik

Originally posted by: Philippine Mango
This doesn't really belong in a technical forum because it isn't exactly very important and runs along the lines of what your favoritie game is IMO. What would you say would be the absolute minimum requirements for a computer to have a 1X/2X cdrom drive? 486? 386? 286? 8086? 8088??