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To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
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Subject: Re: ATAPI ALPHA reference 
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From: Giles Lean <giles@nemeton.com.au>
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On Mon, 06 Jan 1997 23:23:07 -0800  "Jordan K. Hubbard" wrote:

> Soren is working on it, for status you'd have to ask him.  I know that
> his request for help received a rather underwhelming response, so I
> guess IDE CDROM support isn't all that important to people after
> all. :-(

Perhaps the driver is therefore working well enough to be considered
beta?

Some of the willing helpers (me :-) have IDE CD ROMs that have worked
since the very first atapi.flp, which would *normally* be a good
thing.

Finally, as ever, many of the people with spare machines for running
unstable -current code avoid IDE like the plague.  I bought my only
IDE CD ROM drive under duress ...

Giles