Decades ago, most desktop (or laptop) computers didn't come with a CD drive, but if you needed one you could get a portable unit that could even be shared around the office for those occasions when you needed to access (or burn) one of those newfangled CD things.

Of course, today CDs are considered almost obsolete, and new computers once again don't come with a CD drive...

Anyway, I've got his almost 25 year old unit, so let's take a look at it and see what's going on inside.

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