Date: Thu, 4 Jan 1996 14:15:15 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: blair@oddis.cyber-naut.com (Blair Schmittel) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Question about 'serial' cdrom. Message-ID: <199601040345.OAA09895@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199601032300.QAA03156@oddis.cyber-naut.com> from "Blair Schmittel" at Jan 3, 96 04:00:29 pm
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Blair Schmittel stands accused of saying: > > I am forwarding this message to the mailing list. This involves FreeBSD: > "I called the company that made it. Mine is a Serial CD-Rom, This > is cuz the cdrom runs at 300kbs which a short serial line can handle. > If Unix can handle a serial modem, shouldnt it be able to run a serial > cd????" > I think the 'company' refers to Walnut Creek. It may also be the CDrom company. > Anyway, could somebody please answer his question? Yes; CDroms run at 300KB/s, or 2,400,000bps. Far too fast for a serial port. On top of that, CD drives don't look like modems. > Blair -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] "Who does BSD?" "We do Chucky, we do." [[
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