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From: morris@jade.jpl.nasa.gov (Mike Morris)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans,comp.misc
Subject: Help please on CD-ROM
Summary: How to connect....?
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Date: 21 Sep 89 04:34:51 GMT
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I've had a request for info and nobody I've talked to has any ideas.

Who makes the CD-ROM drives these days?  (And is there any brand that
is good or to avoid or whatever...)  Is there a standard format?
What should I know before I go buying a drive/software drivers?
How much space do the drivers take up?

A friend of mine has a Sony Carousel audio CD deck that holds 5(?) CDs.
Does anybody make a multi-CD-ROM drive?

The user needs to connect a CD-ROM (Initially with Microsoft Bookshelf,
eventually other CDs to a 3COM network server, and be able to
access it.  It doesn't matter if it's a one-user-at-a-time situation; 
naturally it would be nice if more than one user could look things up
simultaneously.

The same user is thinking of eventually replacing the 3COM with a Banyan.
Does anybody know if Banyan can talk to a CD-ROM drive?

Another (totally seperate problem) user currently has a clone XT and
wants to put a CD-ROM drive on the system.  Who makes XT interfaces -
the one CD-ROM system I saw was in an AT, and used both connectors
(at least it appeared that way, I could be mistaken).  This user has
plans on upgrading soon, and refuses to purchase anything that can't be
put into a 286 system later...  BTW does anybody make a 386 motherboard
with 8 or 9 slots?  I haven't seen one yet.



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