Re: Panasonic CD-ROM w/ RamFAST?

[lurch@eskimo.com (Erik Kloeppel)]

In article <ca78718@pro-dan>, vmbb!pro-newton!pro-dan!danb (Dan Brown) wrote:

> I'm well on the road toward purchasing an "unmentionable" laptop computer,
> and I've been considering a CD-ROM drive to go with it.  I'd almost decided
> on one of the parallel-port types, when I ran across an interesting ad in
> Computer Shopper:
> 
> Panasonic Double-Speed CD-ROM, about the size of a Discman (tm) portable CD
> player.  SCSI interface, 128k buffer, multisession Photo-CD, and includes a
> PCMCIA interface card.
> 
> I know the PCMCIA card won't work with my GS, but how about the drive?  As
> the subject line says, I have a RamFAST Rev. D, with 3.00j ROMs.
> I'd think so, considering that it is a SCSI interface, but does anyone
have any
> knowledge/experience with this drive?  I'd appreciate any input, via E-mail
> (the .sig address, please, not the header address) or here on c.s.a2.  Thanks!
>
No experience, but the RamFast CD-ROM driver is pretty  robust and should
work.  Mhy worry would be about whether or not the drive uses a funky
cable, seing as it comes with an unusual interface card.