Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom Path: cdrom.com!barrnet.net!decwrl!decwrl!olivea!charnel!rat!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!agate!ames!news.Hawaii.Edu!uhunix3.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu!dchin From: dchin@uhunix3.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (David Chin) Subject: Re: **SONY Double Speed CDU33A CDROM $189** Message-ID: Sender: news@news.Hawaii.Edu Organization: University of Hawaii References: <2jvtc3$mld@zip.eecs.umich.edu> Date: Tue, 22 Feb 1994 21:19:25 GMT Lines: 27 In article mpalmer@encore.com (Mike Palmer) writes: >grover@emunix.emich.edu (Grover Thomas) writes: > >>In article rcching@netcom.com (Richard Ching) writes: >>> >>>The CDU-33A drive comes >>>with a proprietary controller which eliminates many of the potential >>>SCSI-systems headaches. Installation is very easy...only an unused port > >> Good price, but in my own experience those non-SCSI, proprietary >>controllers have been the cause of more grief than a normal SCSI drive. > >>-- >> __ __ >>(__) Grover Thomas InterNet: grover@emunix.emich.edu (__) >>(__) "I am the terror that flaps in the night! I am the (__) >>(__) sequins on the Jumpsuit of Justice." -Darkwing Duck (__) > >I tend do disagree. If all you need is a CD-ROM and have no other SCSI devices >and are not interested in Unix - the proprietary controllers - or sound cards >with built in controllers are actually LESS hassle than most SCSI cards. > >SCSI is usually NOT plug & play - never has been, probably never will be! Could the 33A connect to the Sound Blaster 16MCD's Sony interface? Dave C.