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From: Dennis Holmes <dholmes@rahul.net>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: which SCSI CDROM to buy?
Date: 18 Sep 1996 05:24:11 GMT
Organization: a2i network
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Message-ID: <51o11r$r4v@bug.rahul.net>
References: <51jvfv$nep@dim.intersurf.net>
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In <51jvfv$nep@dim.intersurf.net> elcan@intersurf.com (Philip Elcan) writes:
>I've had problems with my ATAPI CDROM. So, I'm going to buy a
>SCSI CDROM to replace it. I've had some pretty annoying
>problems with the hardware I've bought before, so I was hoping
>someone might let me know if they've had problems with the
>following drives:
> Pioneer DRU 124X
I just upgraded to this model a couple of weeks ago, and so far so good.
It's a caddyless 4.4x (676 KB/s) SCSI-2 drive. I'm running it off of a
Buslogic 445C (VLB) controller.
Interesting miscellaneous side note: the eject button doesn't eject the
disc while the file system on the CD is mounted.
My previous drive was an NEC 55JD (manual caddy, 2x, SCSI-1) which I've had
for two years (I think). It still "works" but has acquired a tendency to
decide for itself whether and in what order to read the data from the disc.
It never did play music very well....
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