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- From: joe2@vnet.ibm.com
- Message-ID: <19921218.092212.240@almaden.ibm.com>
- Date: Fri, 18 Dec 92 18:18:11 FWT
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: CDROM and SCSI info wanted
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- References: <168BDE3E2.BOB@ysub.ysu.edu>
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- In <BzB7Lp.3Hv@hpuerca.atl.hp.com> Simon Fowler writes:
- >In article <168BDE3E2.BOB@ysub.ysu.edu>, BOB@ysub.ysu.edu (Bob Quigley) writes:
- >> I am thinking of installing a TRANTOR T228 SCSI adapter, a Toshiba XM3301
- >> CDROM drive (the CD Porta-Drive from CD Technology) and an internal SCSI
- >> hard disk in my IBM PS/2 Model P70 portable. What I need to know is if the
- >> TRANTOR T228 with the Toshiba XM3301 is supported by OS/2? I would buy the
- >> complete adapter-CDROM drive set from CD Technology (this came as a promotion
- >> with the November PDK) but the TRANTOR is a short card that won't use
- >> up the only full slot available in the P70.
- >
- >I have the T128 card with my NEC CDR36 and it works fine. Make sure that you get
- >the latest Trantor drivers (after 9/15/92) and the OS2CDROM software (I don't
- >know if this is required for the 3301 or not, but it is for the NEC).
- >
- >simon
-
- I also have a CDR-36 with a T128. The problem with the
- Trantor driver, is that it does not use the IRQ and DMA channels,
- available if you add 2 jumpers. It seems to use a polling method,
- like DOS. So whenever you use the CD-ROM, it really eats all CPU
- cycles. That's why I prefer the Adaptec adapter for my NEC CDROM!
-
- -Joel Armengaud
-