Date: Fri, 14 Feb 1997 11:43:16 -0500 From: Drew Derbyshire <ahd@kew.com> To: Scott Mitchell <scott@dcs.qmw.ac.uk> Cc: wb2oyc@cyberenet.net, questions@freebsd.org Subject: ATAPI drives (was Re: misc) Message-ID: <33049624.4CA8@kew.com> References: <199702141229.MAA18141@crux>
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Scott Mitchell wrote: > Any individual with enough clue to read the > documentation is aware that FreeBSD support for atapi CDROMs is alpha quality; > no-one is making any secret of that. It's not a priority of the developers to > expend massive effort on supporting evil hardware (which atapi assuredly is). While any author can set his own priorities, I find it unfortunate to see the most popular PC CD-ROM type classed as evil -- I own the original NEC double spin external SCSI drive, but I find no advantage to it over the numerous internal ATAPI drives, including the NEC 6X and 8X ATAPI drives on three NEC Pentiums I've directed the purchase of for my family. That vendors have made the cheaper design affordable and thus a staple for every PC is neither evil nor stupid. It would be desirable for the FreeBSD authors to further the use of FreeBSD to make the ATAPI drives more usable with production quality drives, but as originally noted, it's their choice. -- Internet: ahd@kew.com Voice: 617-279-9810 "You say that I'm the boy who can make it all come true Well I'm tellin ya that I don't know, I don't know what to do . . ."
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