Mac- and PC-compatible, the Reno Personal CD-ROM Player (from $399) is operable via nickel-cadmium batteries or AC power. The double-speed external drive has a 64-KB memory buffer and a standard SCSI-2 connection. You can use the drive as either a stand-alone audio CD player or a multisession Photo CD player. The unit has data transfer rates of up to 306 KBps and an access speed of less than 180 ms.
Contact: Media Vision, Fremont, CA, (800) 845-5870 or (510) 770-8600.
Flexible C++
Matthew Wilson
My approach to software engineering is far more pragmatic than it
is
theoretical--and no language better exemplifies this than C++.
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