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- From: David Gentry <dgentry@vlsi4.racal.com>
- Newsgroups: misc.forsale.computers.storage,comp.sys.amiga.marketplace
- Subject: Re: Internal and External SCSI CD-ROMs
- Date: 20 Jan 1996 14:57:14 GMT
- Organization: Racal-Datacom
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- skyman@iastate.edu (J.R.C.III) wrote:
- >QUOTE(CCS (ccs@usa1.com)):
- >
- >: Chinon CDx-43x 1x SCSI CD-ROMs
- >
- >: - Internal: 350ms access time, caddy based, audio jack and controls on
- >: front, MAC or PC drivers - $29
- >: - External: Same as above plus low profile case, rear RCA autio jacks,
- >: Centronics SCSI connector with pass-through - $39
- >
- >!!!WARNING!!!WARNING!!!WARNING!!!
- >
- >DO NOT BUY THESE CDROM DRIVES THEY ARE SHIT! I GOT ONE OF EACH AND WISH I
- >DIDN'T. THEY DO NOT READ MULTISESSION DISKS AND BARELY READ ISO 9660!!!
- >
- >THEY HAVE A HARD TIME READING ANY CD AT ALL! THE DRIVES CLAIM THAT THERE
- >ARE READ ERRORS ON THE CD AND LOCK UP YOUR AMIGA, WHEN THE CD'S ARE PERFECT!
- >
- >THE EXTERNAL SCSI DRIVE HAS A NON STANDARD 30 PIN CONNECTOR SO THE CD ROM
- >DRIVE AND CASE SEPERATED ARE USELESS. THE EXTERNAL CASE HASE A 2 PIECE
- >BRICK POWER SUPPLY WHICH IS NO CRAPPY. THIS MODEL DOES NOT WORK WITH MOST
- >AMIGA SCSI CONTROLERS (GVP ANY, 2090, NEXUS... ARE SOME I TRIED)
- >
- >THE INTERNAL MODEL IS BETTER (PROBABLY BECAUSE OF THE STANDARD 50PIN
- >CONNECTOR) AND HAS A BROWN FACE LIKE THE 2000 WHICH IS NICE.
- >
- >NO DOCUMENTATION IS INCLUDED WITH EITHOR DRIVE, READ THE DOCS WITH ASIM 4.3
- >IF YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW WELL THESE DRIVES WILL WORK WITH YOUR CONTROLLER.
- >THE EXTERNAL MODEL IS _NOT_ THE SAME AND THE INTERNAL... BE WARNED!
- >
- >BUT DONT BE FOOLED WHEN THE PRICE IS TO GOOD TO BE TRUE...IT IS!
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- How about the Panasonic model the guy was advertising?
-
- Thanks,
-
- D. G.
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