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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!uwm.edu!caen!usenet.coe.montana.edu!bsd.coe.montana.edu!nate 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 Lines: 21 Message-ID: <3aep2e$a3e@pdq.coe.montana.edu> References: <kientzleCzC0J3.5ox@netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: bsd.coe.montana.edu 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 -- nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu | FreeBSD dude and all around tech. nate@cs.montana.edu | weenie. work #: (406) 994-4836 | home #: (406) 586-0579 | Available for contract/otherwise work.