Date: Fri, 27 Jun 1997 11:45:27 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: handy@sag.space.lockheed.com (Brian N. Handy) Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Recommended CDroms? Message-ID: <199706270215.LAA08949@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.3.96.970626151648.19647A-100000@sag.space.lockheed.com> from "Brian N. Handy" at "Jun 26, 97 03:19:36 pm"
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Brian N. Handy stands accused of saying: > > Just got my new Ibm 560C today, playing around, unboxing stuff...and it > looks like the CDrom that came with this is a parallel port unit. While I > didn't specify what to get (the boss bought it), I sort of expected to get > some sort of unit that worked off of the PCCARD slots. > > It's a "Backpack External CD-ROM". Do I take it back? Yuck. Yes. 8) If you are outrageously lucky, it uses the same parallel-to-SCSI adapter the Zip does, in which case it could be coerced into working, although not very well. > > Thanks, > > Brian > > > -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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