Re: Portable CD ROM with TP755

[Stephen Hosmer <shosmer@netcom.com>]

I have the Trantor PCMCIA to SCSI and I don't know of any OS/2 drivers.  
If you are aware of any PLEASE let me know!!  I am REALLY looking forward 
to them!

                                             shosmer@netcom.com

On Wed, 5 Oct 1994, Scott Stratmoen wrote:

> >   As far as I know, there are two PORTABLE CD-ROM drives, NEC 3Xp and
> >   Zenith Z-Player. The Zenith Z-Player needs a Type-II PCMCIA slot. So,
> >   I'm not sure it will work under OS/2 or not.
> >   I really think the question is how to connect your CD-ROM drive to
> >   your TP755 if you plan to use PCMCIA SCSI card. I use Dock I to connect
> >   my CD-ROM drive, and it works great in OS/2 and Windows. Of course,
> >   you could get a Dock I with optional CD-ROM drive.
> >   Just a question come into my mind, that is why IBM don't have their
> >   PCMCIA SCSI card (of course, it should be OS/2 supported)? Recently,
> >   IBM just announces their audio card (the only audio card can work in
> >   OS/2 so far), but how about the SCSI card? Hope I can see one in the
> >   near future:-) Does anyone know why?
> 
> The Trantor PCMCIA SCSI card may be the first to offer OS/2 support.
> -- 
> Scott A. Stratmoen | strat@ast.dsd.northrop.com
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