Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!samsung!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!rutgers!mcnc!decvax.dec.com!jfcl.dec.com!shlump.nac.dec.com!took.enet.dec.com!mattioli From: mattioli@took.enet.dec.com (John R. Mattioli) Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi Subject: NEC CDR-35 portable CDROM drive Message-ID: <12215@shlump.nac.dec.com> Date: 5 Jun 90 19:53:18 GMT Sender: newsdaemon@shlump.nac.dec.com Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation Lines: 37 I'm looking at getting myself a CDROM drive for my PC and have a bit of a situation on my hands. To begin with, I have an adaptec 1542 SCSI controller in my machine. It's currently only hooked up to my hard drive. I find the controller to be a great piece of hardware. The NEC CDR-35 is a portable CDROM drive. It hooks up to a SCSI controller. NEC sells a SCSI controller, but I don't want to buy it because I've already got one. Even so, the NEC technical rep tells me I'll need to buy their controller unless Adaptec has a device driver for their CDROM drive. He claims that SCSI controllers are not standard and the NEC driver will not work on the Adaptec controller. If it's true that SCSI controllers don't adhere to a standard (with respect to port layout etc), has Adaptec written a driver? I'd really like to put a CDROM into my system at home, but I also have a system at work. If I can save the cost of two controllers (about $300) I'd be a happier person. I don't see why I should have two SCSI busses in my systems. If anyone could shed some light on this problem, please respond via mail or reply here. The CDROM technology is so great it would be a sin to cripple it by forcing it to be attached to a nonstandard SCSI controller. Somebody please explain? ----------------------------------------------------------------- John Mattioli Most improved skier (american blind skiers association 1989) and humble to! (DEC E-NET) TOOK::MATTIOLI (UUCP) {decvax, ucbvax, allegra}!decwrl!TOOK.dec.com!MATTIOLI (ARPA) MATTIOLI@TOOK.dec.com MATTIOLI%TOOK.dec.com@decwrl.dec.com (US MAIL) John Mattioli 550 King St. LKG2-2/BB9 Littleton, Ma. 01460