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From: warrl@hebron.connected.com (Donald Edwards)
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Subject: Re: CD ROM
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elliott@dseg.ti.com wrote:

: If this is available and solves so many problems, does anyone have any solid 
: reason why SCSI Express or any similar products will be necessary in the 
: future  (I'm getting ready to purchase the product for about $800)?  Do they 
: solve any problems that the new CDROM NLM won't?

The $800 version of SCSI Express only works with hardware (the SCSI
card and the drive, I believe) purchased from the company that markets
SCSI Express.

If you want to use it with some other hardware -- that's an extra $700
or so.