From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jan 3 19:43:44 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id TAA03678 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 3 Jan 1996 19:43:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id TAA03667 for ; Wed, 3 Jan 1996 19:43:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id OAA09895; Thu, 4 Jan 1996 14:15:16 +1030 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199601040345.OAA09895@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Question about 'serial' cdrom. To: blair@oddis.cyber-naut.com (Blair Schmittel) Date: Thu, 4 Jan 1996 14:15:15 +1030 (CST) Cc: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199601032300.QAA03156@oddis.cyber-naut.com> from "Blair Schmittel" at Jan 3, 96 04:00:29 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Blair Schmittel stands accused of saying: > > I am forwarding this message to the mailing list. This involves FreeBSD: > "I called the company that made it. Mine is a Serial CD-Rom, This > is cuz the cdrom runs at 300kbs which a short serial line can handle. > If Unix can handle a serial modem, shouldnt it be able to run a serial > cd????" > I think the 'company' refers to Walnut Creek. It may also be the CDrom company. > Anyway, could somebody please answer his question? Yes; CDroms run at 300KB/s, or 2,400,000bps. Far too fast for a serial port. On top of that, CD drives don't look like modems. > Blair -- ]] 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." [[