Display article   Subject:  New! CDR-3100 External CD-ROM Drive
   04/30/97   19:25:43


NEW! TANDY CDR-3100 EXTERNAL CD-ROM DRIVE

We have an external CD-ROM drive to announce, and it's a super
drive! The CDR-3100 (25-1098) is simply an external version of
the CDR-1100 CD-ROM drive (25-1092) -- the same one that's in the
Sensation.

The CDR-3100 differs some from the CDR-1100.  First, it's
external.  It is housed in its own cabinet with a power supply
and fan.  It also has an up-front volume control and headphone
jacks.  The volume control doubles as a push-on audio play
program control.  Put in an audio disc, push the volume control
in, and the music will start playing through the headphones or
the line-out jacks on the back of the drive.  To change tracks,
just press the volume control in again.  No other drive offers
this feature for pure music enjoyment with a CD-ROM drive.

And, just like the CDR-1000 and the CDR-1100, there is no caddy,
so you can use the drive just like you would your audio CD system.

The CDR-3100 is fully MPC compliant.  It has an average access
time of 375ms, a continuous transfer rate of 150K per second, a
32k buffer, and comes with an interface card, cable, and MSCDEX
Version 2.21.  Setup is easy with the included setup program and
an easy to follow user's guide.

For those who have no room left for internal 5 1/4" devices, the
CDR-3100 is a perfect fit.  And with all those 2500 series
computers with 1.2 MB floppies, this is a great way to add CD-ROM
technology.
