[rescue] RE: Sparc Classic Resurrection for Newbie

[Jeff Borisch]

Eric Dittman wrote:
> What color is the faceplate?

Beige. The eject button is a Sun purple, but I don't know if that means
anything.

The beige ones were going for $15.

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nick at snowman.net wrote:

> Plextor makes a few.  They're not really any good, the plextor firmware
> for them is noticably worse than the firmware for their narrow drives.

What makes it not good, not as fast as it should be being wide and all?
Doesn't read a lot of discs. I have not noticed any probs so far.

If it holds up as long as my P.O.S. teac. I'll be happy.

--jeff