NEC Technologies在生产和研究CD-ROM驱动器方面在业界一直处于领先地位,它现在正与业界另一先锋Pioneer New Media就CD-ROM投币式机箱(jukebox)展开竞争。象夜总会里的投币式自动电唱机一样,这些投币式机箱中能存放6到18片CD,而且CD盘片之间的切换仅需数秒时间。对软件而言,使用该设备就相当于在你的机器上挂接多个独立的CD驱动器,投币式机箱中每片CD均有自己的驱动器盘符。NEC推出的7片装投币式机箱的价格不仅远低于Pioneer产品,而且使你断然不会再考虑购买任何只能装一片CD的普通CD-ROM驱动器。 NEC Technologies, a leader in manufacturing and researching CD-ROM drives, is now competing with another pioneer Pioneer New Media for CD-ROM jukeboxes. Like coin-operated jukeboxes in nightclubs, these coin-operated enclosures hold between 6 and 18 CDs, and switching between CDs takes only seconds. For software, using this device is equivalent to having multiple, independent CD drives attached to your machine, each with its own drive letter in a coin-operated chassis. NEC introduced a 7-pack coin-operated chassis at a fraction of the price of Pioneer products, leaving you with no further consideration to buying any regular CD-ROM drive that holds only one CD.