What does one have to do to get SCSI on a laptop? Are there PCMCIA
cards that provide a SCSI interface? Compatible with Linux? Expensive?
Ed.
Bryan-TheBS-Smith wrote:
>
> \"Robin \\\"Roblimo\\\" Miller\" wrote:
> > What I want is an external CD/R drive that'll work with both
> > Linux and Mac. That would serve both my file transfer *and*
> > backup needs.
> > With blank CDs down in the sub-$2 price range, it seems like
> > the best and cheapest solution to me.
> > Anybody have any make/model suggestions?
>
> SCSI, any model. The thing I like about SCSI is that it is
> pertually compatible. E.g., My parents just bought a brand new
> parallel scanner that is not Windows ME compatible.
>
> As IEEE1394 Firewire takes off (no thanx to Intel, hopefully AMD/ViA
> will change that soon), it will replace SCSI and making cabling
> easier. IEEE1394 support comes stock with kernel 2.4 and many Macs
> sport it as well.
>
> If you go USB, which is anything _but_ a "standard" (so expect
> compatibility issues) you won't get past 4x. You'd probably be
> better off with select parallel burners for Linux, but that doesn't
> help you with a Mac.
>
> -- TheBS
>
> --
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