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Date:      Sun, 21 Jan 1996 03:10:44 +0200
From:      Dmitry Kohmanyuk <dk@dog.farm.org>
To:        tony@rtd.com (Tony Jones)
Cc:        freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 4X SCSI CDROM recommendation
Message-ID:  <199601210110.DAA09190@dog.farm.org>

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In article <inj.4-31004caf-3e7c@bee.cs.kiev.ua> you wrote:

> I'd like to spend no more than $200 - I found a Sanyo CRD-254SH 4x for $169 
> but have no idea if it would be a good drive. I know that the equivalently
> low priced Teac 4x scsi is supposed to suck big time.

I use "PLEXTOR CD-ROM PX-4XCS 1.01" (just cut'n'paste from dmesg) 
and I am pretty happy with it.  I have paid $190 for it.

> Primarily going to be using the cdrom for WC/FreeBSD installs and for 
> /usr/src (which I currently have on scsi hard disc). Perhaps some Windoze95 
> use also.

hmm, I have installed my home system from old 1-speed Mitsumi drive (mfr '92?).
Not so tedious, I must say.

--
 Smith & Wesson: the original point-and-click interface.



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