james@netcom.COM (James L. Paul) (03/29/91)
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.
Thanks!
-James
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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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Rohleder, roh@gmdzi.UUCP, (+49 2241) 14-2208 German National Research Center for Computer Science (GMD) Schloss Birlinghoven, P.O.Box 1240, D-5205 St. Augustin 1, FRGermany ---------------------------------------------------------------------
james@netcom.COM (James L. Paul) (03/30/91)
In article <4422@gmdzi.gmd.de> roh@gmdzi.gmd.de (Peter Rohleder) writes: >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 It's my understanding that there is not problem using this drive with the Mac. It's sold by several Mac dealers, and available through Mac ditribution, as well as being advertised in magazines like MacUser. They claim to support both Mac HFS and High-Sierra formats. I'm still looking for comments about it from a owner. -- James L. Paul Internet: netcom!james@apple.com | AppleLink: D1231 | CompuServe: 72767,3436 UUCP: {apple,amdahl}!netcom!james | GEnie: J.PAUL | Voice: 415 377-1981 Packet: N6SIW@N6EEG.CA.USA.NA | Delphi: JLPaul | Home Fax: 415 377-0381