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From: gibson@b11.ingr.com (Stanley)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: Re: Are CD ROM drives interchangeable?
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Date: 28 Dec 90 17:54:02 GMT
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In article <1990Dec21.191837.5048@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> tt@thor.acc.Virginia.EDU (Tang Tang) writes:
>
>  Which sony drive are we talking about?  I just bought a sony drive from
>DAK, model CDU-6201.  It has a miniature 40 pins centronics connector.
>Does anyone know whether this is a SCSI drive.

The interface on your drive may be what Sony calls their "Sony Bus". It is
their proprietary bus and would require their Host Adapter.