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From: roh@gmdzi.gmd.de (Peter Rohleder)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Experiences with Chinon CD-ROM drive?
Message-ID: <4422@gmdzi.gmd.de>
Date: 29 Mar 91 12:40:44 GMT
References: <1991Mar29.013104.11526@netcom.COM>
Organization: GMD, St. Augustin, F.R. Germany
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From article <1991Mar29.013104.11526@netcom.COM>, by james@netcom.COM (James L. Paul):
> I'm planning to purchase the CD-ROM drive that's out by Chinon. (I don't
> have the model number in front of me, but I think it's the only one they
> have.) They claim 350 ms access time, and I can get it for a decent
> price.
> 
> I'd like to hear from anyone who has experience using this drive with a
> Macintosh. I haven't heard any comments on it yet.

I also saw this CD-Drive advertisend on an info-sheet from a German
Hardware-Dealer. But this dealer only sells IBM related stuff.

But since this drive has an scsi-interface I think that it can be connected
to the mac on the hardware-level. What I'm interested in is if there exists
any Mac driver software for this CD-Drive from Chinon so you can operate
it from the mac.

Maybe it is possible to use driver software which originally was 
developped for other CD-Drives available ?!

Peter Rohleder

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