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Re: Looking for CD changer that works with Linux.

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steve Hultquist)
Tue Nov 5 10:10:26 1996

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Date: Tue, 05 Nov 1996 09:08:50 -0700
From: Steve Hultquist <ssh@wwsi.com>
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>>>>> "jamal" == Info junkie <junkie@glcom.com> writes:

 jamal> On Mon, 4 Nov 1996, Cole Jones wrote:

 >> > I'm using a Mountain Quad-Speed 7-Disc CD Changer (MCD-1040 SCSI)
 >> and it > works quite well.  I believe Nakamichi makes a similar CD
 >> Changer as > well.  >

 jamal> One very important detail i forgot to mention is that I dont
 jamal> have SCSI.  It has to be IDE.

I don't believe that EIDE can handle that many devices -- at least not
with any decent performance.  A CD changer is one of those things for
which SCSI is *much* better suited.  Since the cards aren't that
expensive, I'd recommend that as a better alternative.

ssh


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