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Re: Sound card recommendations

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From: neu... Neuromancer
Date: Wed, 19 May 1993 15:56
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In article <C7A1M...@knot.ccs.queensu.ca> 302...@ellis3.queensu.ca (Andrew  
Sak) writes:
> In article 21...@fcom.cc.utah.edu, acw...@u.cc.utah.edu (Alan Carl Wong)  
writes:
> > >
> > >The PAS 16 has a SCSI-2 interface built in to the card. While
> > >it isn't fast enough to be used as a hard-disk controller,
> > >it is perfect for a SCSI compatible CD-ROM drive, scanner,
> > >etc.
> > >
> > 
> > 	I have a few questions about the PAS 16, since I reccommended it
> > to a friend.  I have a Soundblaster 2.0.  How much are the drivers from
> > Trantor?  Is it fast enough for the double speed CD-ROM drives?  I think
> > that the board is fantastic but I hope I don't tell my friend to get one
> > and end up with the same pseudo proprietary predicament people with SB  
have.
> > 
 
> I read in PCMag somewhere that the PAS16 also has a proprietry SCSI-2 port.
> It will only work with either Matsushita or Mitsubishi CD-ROMs.
> 
> Andrew Sak
> 302...@jeff-lab.queensu.ca 

What?  I don't think so.  I just hooked up a PAS 16 to a NEC Multispin, and I  
have a list about three pages long from Media Vision of CD's they've test w/  
their card.  I've also seen people who put tape drives on them.  It's SCSI  
alright, although I believe just SCSI-I.

--Neuromancer
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