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- From: dcable@nyx.cs.du.edu (Dan Cable)
- Subject: Re: Parallel port CD ?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan2.034027.20991@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
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- Organization: University of Denver, Dept. of Math & Comp. Sci.
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- Date: Sat, 2 Jan 93 03:40:27 GMT
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- IRVK@MAINE.MAINE.EDU (Irv Konfield) writes:
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- >I've seen external floppy and hard drives that connect via a
- >serial port and require no additional wiring. Is there a CD reader
- >that can be connected in a similar manner (and thus moved among
- >machines) that doesn't require any additional hardware? Any
- >help would be appreciated.
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- Yes. I just saw one from MicroSolutions (I think) at CompUSA that attaches
- to the parallel port of a PC. Sorry, but I didn't pay any attention to the
- details as I don't have a PC.
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