I paid $1000 for an NEC external CDROM I-don't-know-how-many years ago. It probably came with Grolier's Encyclopedia, but I mostly remember a lame clip art collection. It broke not so many weeks or months later, and I think I immediately sold it's replacement, and bought Apple's first-gen CD-ROM, which I recall being lots nicer, including an audio CD playback desk accessory. Funny, it felt like such cutting-edge stuff, and 650 megabytes seemed like practically the universe on a single disk. Fond memories of impatiently awaiting the arrival of the BMUG CD!