In article <1992Aug26.152630.13864@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> ericy@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Eric Youngdale) writes:
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>In article <1992Aug26.125143.17176@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> fh8n@uvacs.cs.Virginia.EDU (Frank Houston) writes:
>>      0 for the Adaptec board supported.
>>      0 for the cheapest scsi cdrom.
>
>       One other thought.  You can use any SCSI board that is supported for
>linux, not just the Adaptec.  I just happen to have an Adaptec, but any one of
>the others should work just as well.
>

And if you're looking for cheap, the Seagate ST-01's 
can be found for ~$20 mail order.  Electronically,
they seem to be SCSI. Some BIOS's have problems
talking to certain drives.  Under Linux, that isn't 
a problem, and it should be a cheap way to get a supported
CD-ROM drive.

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