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- From: tjt@blink.att.com (Tim Thompson)
- Subject: Re: NEC CDR-74 DRIVE ...
- Organization: AT&T
- Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 02:12:42 GMT
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- spe@world.std.com (Scott P Evernden) writes:
- >>-> like to add a CD-ROM drive. Is Adaptec 1542B a good choice for the
- >>-> NEC cd-rom ?, or is there a better choice ?. I plan to put a SCSI
- >> I have same setup,1542b two scsi harddirves Nec CD 74 and a Wangtek dat
- >>tap drive and it works like a champ.
- >Amongst 4 machines- 2 1542Bs, 2 1740s (standard mode), and 3 CDR-74s, I've
- >**never** seen the NEC drive work with the Adaptecs. Never. No combination
- >works. I've all the right software (including latest EZSCSI) and tried the
- >Corel drivers. Operations work for about a sec, then return an error message.
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- Wow! Well, I've got a CDR-74 and have tried it on two computers, both of
- them having the 1542B, and with both the EZSCSI and ASW-410 drivers it
- works fine. I'm glad I don't have your luck. ...Tim...tjt@blink.att.com...
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