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Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2001 21:15:56 +0100 (BST)
From: Aled Morris <aledm@qix.co.uk>
To: der BO <der_bo@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: PCMCIA CD ROM drives???!
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On Sun, 1 Jul 2001, der BO wrote:

>Hiii @ everyone!!!!
>=A0
>Does anyone know which PCMCIA- CD- ROM drives FreeBSD supports??!
>Where can I buy them??!
>I live in Austria, near Germany. (Europe)...
>Are there supportet PCMCIA- CD- ROM drives available in my area???


I use a Freecom Traveller portable DVD-ROM which works fine using
their PCMCIA card.  I think Freecom is the most popular brand for
portable drives, so you should have no problem getting hold of one
locally (I bought mine from a shop in London).

It appears to the system as an IDE CD-ROM using the standard PC-Card
driver (I didn't have to do anything to make it work, which was
a pleasent experience - well done to everyone who has worked on the
PC-Card subsystem!)

One neat feature of the Freecom model is that it has it's own rechargable
battery, so you don't need an external power supply nor do you drain your
laptop battery when you're mobile.

Aled Morris
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