Date: Thu, 28 Dec 1995 13:08:52 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: peter@haywire.dialix.com (Peter Wemm) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Nec cdrom Message-ID: <199512280238.NAA00576@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <4bqfa5$a3i$1@haywire.DIALix.COM> from "Peter Wemm" at Dec 27, 95 11:41:57 am
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Peter Wemm stands accused of saying: > I've been fighting with a "Model: CDR-55JD" NEC drive for the last few > days. This drive and I have reached an understanding.. We both HATE > each other. I bought an NEC CD drive some time ago; it was so much of a crock that I was forced to return it & replace it with a Matsushita unit. NEC admitted that (despite their marketing claiming it was a SCSI-2 unit) it was only a "pseudo-scsi" (their words) drive that would only work properly with their drivers. I couldn't get it work under 2.0R, or on a Mac, or my old Atari TT, or even under DOS (I bought the drive bare). I have no faith whatsoever in NEC's ability to produce SCSI CD units, so reading about your problems doesn't surprise much 8) > I *hate* that drive... If the other NEC drives are like it too, I'll > be very reluctant to touch them ever again. This is my experience. > BTW: I, too, would dearly love to know what the other jumpers are for. > I suspect #5 or #6 is termination enable, but I'm not sure. My guess is termination enable terminator power to the bus; you can check this easily enough with a beep-meter. > -Peter -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] "Who does BSD?" "We do Chucky, we do." [[
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