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- From: witr@rwwa.COM (Robert Withrow)
- Subject: Re: What approach to CD-ROM?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.142235.27081@rwwa.COM>
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- References: <1992Dec22.213311.6149@cnw01.storesys.coles.oz.au>
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- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 14:22:35 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec22.213311.6149@cnw01.storesys.coles.oz.au>,
- nigel@cnw01.storesys.coles.oz.au (Nigel Harwood) writes:
-
- | Alternatively I am told I can buy a superior CD-ROM separately (say an NEC)
- | which will work fine off the SCSI card under UNIX but I may have problems with
- | drivers and things under Windows 3.1.
-
- This is what you should do, and you will be able to get it to work under
- dos and unix (especially with a common adapter like the adaptec).
-
- But, if you have a choice, don't get a NEC drive. They have firmware bugs
- and are non-standard in certain ways.
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