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From: nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu (Nate Williams)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: Q: Non-SCSI CD-ROM drives w/ FreeBSD
Date: 17 Nov 1994 05:18:06 GMT
Organization: Montana State University, Bozeman  Montana
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In article <kientzleCzC0J3.5ox@netcom.com>,  <kientzle@netcom.com> wrote:
>Do the NEC IDE CD-ROM drives work with FreeBSD?

No.  All of the non-SCSI CD-ROM's use their own 'proprietary' protocols
to do the CD controls (even the IDE ones).

>If so, how do they
>compare to the Mitsumi drives?  Or, should I save pennies for six
>months so I can get a SCSI CD-ROM?

Yes.



Nate

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