From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Sep 1 13:54:13 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id NAA19698 for stable-outgoing; Mon, 1 Sep 1997 13:54:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from MindBender.serv.net (mindbender.serv.net [205.153.153.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id NAA19692 for ; Mon, 1 Sep 1997 13:54:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost.HeadCandy.com (localhost.HeadCandy.com [127.0.0.1]) by MindBender.serv.net (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id NAA05860; Mon, 1 Sep 1997 13:53:09 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199709012053.NAA05860@MindBender.serv.net> X-Authentication-Warning: MindBender.serv.net: Host localhost.HeadCandy.com [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: "Jamil J. Weatherbee" cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CDROM drives in general In-reply-to: Your message of Mon, 01 Sep 97 12:48:11 -0700. Date: Mon, 01 Sep 1997 13:53:09 -0700 From: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael L. VanLoon michaelv@MindBender.serv.net Contract software development for Windows NT, Windows 95 and Unix. Windows NT and Unix server development in C++ and C. --< Free your mind and your machine -- NetBSD free un*x >-- NetBSD working ports: 386+PC, Mac 68k, Amiga, Atari 68k, HP300, Sun3, Sun4/4c/4m, DEC MIPS, DEC Alpha, PC532, VAX, MVME68k, arm32... NetBSD ports in progress: PICA, others... -----------------------------------------------------------------------------