From owner-freebsd-stable Sat Sep 6 23:58:06 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id XAA01719 for stable-outgoing; Sat, 6 Sep 1997 23:58:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sabre.goldsword.com (sabre.goldsword.com [199.170.202.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id XAA01704 for ; Sat, 6 Sep 1997 23:58:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from jfarmer@localhost) by sabre.goldsword.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) id CAA08352; Sun, 7 Sep 1997 02:59:15 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 7 Sep 1997 02:59:15 -0400 (EDT) From: "John T. Farmer" Message-Id: <199709070659.CAA08352@sabre.goldsword.com> To: jamil@counterintelligence.ml.org, michaelv@MindBender.serv.net Subject: Re: CDROM drives in general Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, jfarmer@goldsword.com Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 01 Sep 1997 13:53:09 -0700 "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" said: >>Is it just me, or is this normal? >>I noticed after upgrading a few months ago from an old 2X Panasonic >>interface CDROM drive to an 8X ATAPI that audio cds skip alot easier when >>the table my machine is sitting on it subjected to even the smallest shock >[...] > >Cheaper (read: less well-designed) hardware? > >Much of the "cheap" mega-X CD-ROM drives these days are pretty much >disposable crap. You usually do better by getting SCSI, or at least >getting a bit more expensive name-brand stuff. > [Note: I'm catching up on mail !] I've noticed several problems with "faster" CD-Rom drives lately that don't tie to name-brand, etc. Examples: I put an 8x drive in my son's machine. It's an IMES, oem-type that works ok except for the jerkiness of video coming from it. I haven't noticed any skipping thou. No, I just put a pair of Toshiba 16x EIDE CD-Rom drives in some client's workstation. I'm unhappy, the client's unhappy, the cat's unhappy... The drives, while fast, are noisy, they vibrate horriby during spin-down and spin-up, and often won't spin back up. I know it's a small sample set, up I'm sending these back to the distributor & will try Sony's next. John ------------------------------------------------------------------------- John T. Farmer Proprietor, GoldSword Systems jfarmer@goldsword.com Public Internet Access in East Tennessee dial-in (423)470-9953 for info, e-mail to info@goldsword.com Network Design, Internet Services & Servers, Consulting