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From: jcoffey@crl.com (James L. Coffey)
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Subject: Re: Need Panasonic 562B Interface ...
Date: 1 Aug 1994 21:49:37 -0700
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Asad Khan (asad@max.tiac.net) wrote:
: Hi,

: I have a friend who is willing to part with his CR562B. Unfortunately
: (for me, that is) he has his drive hooked up via a sound card (SB)
: that he is NOT willing to part with.

: Does anyone have an idea where I could obtain the proprietary controller
: for this driver (rather cheaply, that is) ? Or is this drive also able
: to connect to a SCSI controller ? I do have a Buslogic PCI HA on my
: system, but I am under the impression that this is not possible.

The SB uses a proprietary interafce that is not SCSI compatible.  I've 
seen SB16's for $80, and SB's for $30.00  It may just be cheper to buy a SB.

The Matsushita drive also has a version that is not SB specific, and it 
will also work with the SB.  It may be possible to get a controller card 
for that drive (563(?)) and use it with the 562.  I'd give Creative Labs 
or panansonic a call.

Jim