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- From: yxl5388@ultb.isc.rit.edu (Y.X. Liu )
- Subject: Re: Parallel Port CD-ROM
- Message-ID: <1992Sep14.154938.19415@ultb.isc.rit.edu>
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- Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology
- References: <1992Sep12.225008.3420@panix.com> <!-xn_+a@dixie.com>
- Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 15:49:38 GMT
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- In article <!-xn_+a@dixie.com> jgd@dixie.com (John De Armond) writes:
- >schuster@panix.com (Michael Schuster) writes:
- >
- >>International Computer Products, the people who made the "BSE Drive"
- >>and "FlashDrive" parallel port hard disks, are now Dayton Valley
- >>Electronics. I just received a flyer from them, and in their
- >>new product list:
- >
- >>======================================
- >
- >>PARALLEL CD/ROM:
- >
- >
- >This sounds like an interesting product but I'd like to point out
- >another option. I have one of the Trantor parallel port SCSI
- >host adaptors. I run a CD-ROM drive and a Syquest removable hard drive
- >from this unit. Since SCSI gives one 7 target addresses to work with,
- >there is little reason why 7 devices could not be hung from the parallel
- >port. I have also used a cartridge tape drive with this unit. A tad
- >more money but well worth it, IMHO.
-
- Yeah I have the same setup as well. Works great for me. The only problem
- I have is that the Trantor adapter won't work with my CD-ROM drive.
- Trantor also has a newer model which works faster with bi-directional
- parallel ports. And if you have a newer Toshiba laptop that connects to
- the Deskstation IV Toshiba is releasing a SCSI adapter that connects to
- the 150 pin port.
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