Date: Sun, 15 Aug 1999 01:50:11 -0400 From: Peter Radcliffe <pir@pir.net> To: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: external cdrom drives (Re: Which laptop? Any comment on the vaios?) Message-ID: <19990815015011.A2607@pir.net> In-Reply-To: <199908140603.AAA14011@harmony.village.org>; from Warner Losh on Sat, Aug 14, 1999 at 12:03:30AM -0600 References: <19990814003634.A2297@pir.net> <Pine.BSF.4.05.9908140649070.23316-100000@kim.ispra.webweaving.org> <19990814003634.A2297@pir.net> <Pine.SGI.3.96.990813100147.15586A-100000@molloy.vinton.com> <199908140244.UAA13037@harmony.village.org> <19990814003634.A2297@pir.net> <199908140603.AAA14011@harmony.village.org>
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Warner Losh <imp@village.org> probably said: > Your best bet is to get an ATA/atapi one. There is much work in the > wings to support that better.... The problem then is working out which are real ATAPI drives, most of the 'tech' specs just list 'pc card interface'. http://www.microtech-pc.com/products_microcd.shtml looks rather nice, fits all my requirements, isn't stupidly expensive (found a price of $155, which is half what sony were asking for theirs) and has the bonus that it appears to be usable as an audio discman when it isn't connected to a PC. It claims "Drive Type: ATAPI CD-ROM". Is this a fairly safe bet or should I try and find a store with one to go and test it ? Dirk-Willem van Gulik <dirkx@webweaving.org> probably said: > The panasonic JS-W2 is quite neat; nor SCSI card which is compatible with > the SlimSCSI card of adaptec. About 289$. Just a walkman with a plug. Searching a few places (including panasonic's web pages) produced no mention of this drive ... Thanks, P. -- pir pir@pir.net pir@shore.net pir@net.tufts.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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