Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 09:04:20 +0100 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?S=F8ren_Schmidt?= <sos@DeepCore.dk> To: Chris Faulhaber <jedgar@fxp.org> Cc: 'FreeBSD Current' <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ATAPI CD changers anybody ? Message-ID: <41F9F204.3080904@DeepCore.dk> In-Reply-To: <20050127145647.GB51694@chaos.fxp.org> References: <41F52424.4020001@DeepCore.dk> <20050127145647.GB51694@chaos.fxp.org>
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First thanks to all those that responded to this inquiry, it has given=20 me a pointer to how wanted this is. Chris Faulhaber wrote: > On Mon, Jan 24, 2005 at 05:36:52PM +0100, S?ren Schmidt wrote: >=20 >>Seems I lost my lonely ATAPI CDROM with built in changer to the eternal= =20 >>HW scrapyards, let it rest in peace :) >> >>Finding a new one seems difficult so I thought I'd ask around how many = >>still has one of these ? >> >>I ask because the support code for those seem to have suffered bitrot t= o=20 >>the degree that it most likely hasn't worked on -current (maybe even=20 >>5.x) for a long time, but alas I cant test that. >> >>Now, since it seems that such devices are no longer made, and newer=20 >>really caught on, I need some good reasons to keep the (broken) support= =20 >>in there. >> > I have two of these, a 4x and 6x: >=20 > acd0-3: CDROM with 4 CD changer <NEC CD-ROM DRIVE:251> at ata1-master P= IO3 >=20 > I still use one under 4.x but since they will not read many newer > CDR's and CDRW's their usefulness is waning. Exactly, and it is much cheaper and ALOT faster to copy those CD images=20 to a harddisk and be doen with it. > If you would like one in order to continue supporting them, send > me your address and I will have one shipped. Thanks! I'll first decide if I want to keep the support alive for 6.0,=20 and I'll get back to those with these drives if/when I need to get it=20 tested etc... --=20 -S=F8ren
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