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.

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A cable used to send audio CD sound to the computer's sound card. When playing audio CDs, CD-ROM drives output analog sound to both a headphone jack and external connector just like a CD player.

I purchased the Rosetta Stone Italian program many years ago. I was using it on my Mac computer. I purchased a new Apple computer, and now my Rosetta Stone is not compatible with the new system.

In an age of streaming media it’s easy to forget the audio CD, but they still remain as a physical format from the days when the “Play” button ... to control a CD-ROM drive via its IDE ...

There are a ton of Rugrats games from early CD-ROM games to the Nintendo 64 but there’s never really been one that truly ...

Playground,” with its themes of AI dominance and climate destruction, is an awards contender even before it hits bookstores.

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But while most eBay sellers recognized the historic value of a pioneering CD-ROM drive, the accompanying PC was typically a dime-a-dozen model and was thrown out with the rare interface card still ...

It’s free, but you’ll still need the PC CD-Rom version of Silent Hill 2 to play it. That means you’ll need to either already own it, or buy it, and it’s going for silly prices on eBay ...

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