Installing a CD-ROM drive to use as a CD player in your car: priceless. Ok, so it’s DIY, but maybe not a DIY you’d really want to do. This little project is certainly a choice, but if you are so ...

Finding this in a small, simple package has been much tougher than I ever imagined. Here's what I need: I need to be able to place a CD-ROM drive for employee use as simple as possible--no computer, ...

A CD-ROM drive can be used as a stand-alone unit for playing digital audio CDs without interfacing with a computer. The stereo output of CD player available at the audio jack can be amplified using ...

Backing up data is standard throughout business -- but the backup methods used in the past may no longer meet your data storage and collaboration needs. For instance, just as faster, higher-capacity ...

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 ...

I?ve been around PC hardware for quite a while and have used just about every ?speed? CD-ROM since my trusty ol? Creative Labs 1X. Having used all these different drives I?ve learned a couple things: ...

Most optical drives today are combo CD/DVD drives that support DVDs and all the CD formats: CD audio, CD-ROM, CD-R and CD-RW. The speeds of the drives are rated by their CD-ROM and DVD transfer rates.

Photographers looking to build their very own macro photography studio may be interested in a project featured on the Instructables website which uses an old CD ROM drive as the platform to create an ...