[aclug-L] Re: Panasonic SCSI CDR Drive (Was Re: CDRW Drive)

[james l <james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 30 May 2000, you wrote:
> Panasonic made some non-SCSI CD-ROM drives... perhaps that's what you had
> problems with in Linux?
>
> BTW, I think there is support for them... it's under the "Non-standard
> CD-ROM support" secton of the kernel configuration.
>
> I've used one of those drives before... had it's on proprietary ISA card to
> go with it :-)
>

I have one of them,and I also encountered two at school, and with other 
people's help got one to work under windows (BIG achievement). Plus I don't 
have any ISA cards that have their interface, oh well.

James L


> On Tue, May 30, 2000 at 02:55:34PM -0500, james l wrote:
> > On Tue, 30 May 2000, you wrote:
> > > I'm closer, but I still lost :)
> > >
> > > I have found a couple others SCSI CDR's
> > >
> > > PANASONIC CDR7503 8X-RECORD/20X-READ SCSI INTERNAL RECORDABLE (Bare
> > > drive)  for 145 @www.mwave.com
> > > panasonic 4X writer and 8X reader (CW7502B) SCSI-Recordable Drive for
> > > 102-106 on price watch.
> > >
> > > what has everyone head about ehither of these? I couldn't find much,
> > > but everything seems pretty postive.
> > >
> > > Being SCSI they would work under Linux, Right?
> >
> > Not neccesarally, but you would have a better chance.
> >  looking at linux.com's hardware section, the cw7502 should work and I
> > would guess that the other would work fine (but I have had some Panasonic
> > CDs that I have never gotten to work, but they were earlier cd-roms).
> >
> > > "Wilner, Alden" wrote:
> > > > Hey, how come Clint always gets all the good stuff?
> > > >
> > > > Actually, I've got a system just begging for that drive.
> > > >
> > > > Should we have a race, Clint?
> > > >
> > > > -- Alden Wilner
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Clint A. Brubakken [mailto:cabrubak@xxxxxxx]
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2000 9:34 AM
> > > > To: discussion@xxxxxxxxx
> > > > Subject: [aclug-L] Re: CDRW Drive
> > > >
> > > > Dale W Hodge wrote:
> > > > > At the last meeting, there were some people who were looking for a
> > > > > good
> > > >
> > > > deal on
> > > >
> > > > > a SCSI CDRW drive. The West Best Buy has an open box 6x4x16 Yamaha
> > > >
> > > > internal
> > > >
> > > > > SCSI2 drive for $109.  It has be returned twice now because it
> > > > > lacks a
> > > >
> > > > SCSI
> > > >
> > > > > card. It should be an excellent buy for someone who already has a
> > > > > SCSI
> > > >
> > > > card.  I
> > > >
> > > > > thought about buying it myself, but I've already got two CDRW
> > > > > drives, and
> > > >
> > > > I'm
> > > >
> > > > > not sure I really need a third. :-)
> > > > >
> > > > > --dwh
> > > > >
> > > > > ---
> > > > > Dale W Hodge - dwh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > > Secretary & Website Maintainer - info@xxxxxxxxx
> > > > > Air Capital Linux User's Group  (ACLUG)
> > > > > ---
> > > > >
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> > > >
> > > > you should have bought it for me :)
> > > >
> > > > now, I have to go there at lunch
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Clint Brubakken
> > > > Developer, Computer Science Services Group, LLC
> > > > President Air Capital Linux Users Group
> > > > Wichita, KS
> > > > cabrubak@xxxxxxx
> > > > ---
> > > > G:  All right sir.  See the little box with the row of lights on the
> > > > front?
> > > >     We'll call that the wiggly-diggly.
> > > > Cu: Uh-huh.
> > > > G:  When the lights on the wiggly-diggly flash rapidly, click on the
> > > >     thingamajig, and your doodlybum should open.  Voila!  You're
> > > > connected.
> > > > Cu: Okay ... yeah, I think I got it.  Thanks!
> > > > Ch: Say Greg?
> > > > G:  Yeah Chief?
> > > > Ch: Don't you think that call was a little ... ohh ... precedent
> > > > setting?
> > > > G:  If you're trying to terrify me, it's too damn late.
> > > >                                         -- Greg, Customer and The
> > > > Chief User Friendly, 6/14/1998
> > > >
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