A device that holds and reads CD-ROM discs. Modern CD-ROM drives also play audio CDs. See CD-ROM and CD-ROM drives. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other reproduction requires permission ...

Being an early adopter is great if you enjoy showing off new gadgets to your friends. But any new technology also brings the risk of ending up at the wrong side of a format war: just ask anyone who ...

Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface (ATAPI) is a packet-type command connection interface developed to enable connection of CD-ROM drives, DVD drives, etc. to the IDE controller, which was ...

it'll wear out just as fast as a cdrom drive will. there are different lasers for reading and writing (I'm 75% sure on this one) <BR><BR>oh, and pc world has not been a good source for about the last ...

The project explains the mounting of a VU meter into an old CD-ROM drive case and be installed into the PC. The VU meters are based on VFD displays which are much cooler than LED or LCD displays. The ...

Beige box on its side. Massive matching monitor. CD-ROM drive and a floppy disk drive underneath. This itsy-bitsy, teeny-weeny, off-white, boxy PC is a dead ringer for the first leftover computer my ...