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- From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
- Subject: Re: Gateway 66 Mz & CD-ROM
- Message-ID: <1993Jan24.173343.18808@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
- References: <1993Jan23.175821.4081@news.ysu.edu>
- Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 17:33:43 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan23.175821.4081@news.ysu.edu> ai904@yfn.ysu.edu (Len Dorfman) writes:
- >I'm looking to purchase a CD-ROM for my 66 Mz Gateway. Has
- >anyone bought the Gateway CD-ROM drive with their machine?
- >Does it work fine with OS/2? Is anybody using another CD-ROM
- >drive with the 486 Local bus Gateway? I'm trying to avoid
- >OS/2 twighlight zone madness. Thanks.. Len (ldorfman@delpji
- >oops... Address: ldorfman@delphi.com
-
- I like the NEC CDR-25 for a low end solution. It is an external drive
- (so you can also use it with your notebook, now or in the future),
- standard SCSI, mid level performance (650 ms average access), and has
- a good, two year warranty. I've been told it works fine under OS/2
- for data retrieval, at least. (I haven't confirmed yet that it works
- with audio CDs under OS/2.)
-
- You can get the CDR-25, with Trantor 8-bit adapter (remember: you'll
- need a free, lower interrupt; or you can simply discard this adapter
- if you already have an OS/2-supported SCSI adapter) from Tiger
- Software (800-888-4437 or 305-443-8212). The price is $299 (plus
- shipping), and the order number is XAG N27-250.
-
- The Trantor OS/2 drivers are available in file trntradd.zip, available
- via anonymous ftp from ftp-os2.nmsu.edu. Check file /pub/os2/00Index
- for location.
-
- If you are using OS/2 2.0 (and not the 2.1 beta), you'll also need the
- file os2cdrom.zip (from the same ftp site).
-
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