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On 27 Jan 99, at 13:52, William Wilson wrote:
> My son has a CD-ROM taken from a 3 or 4 year old computer. Is there
> any way we I can find out what speed it is? It says Matshita model
> #CR562-B and the FCC ID no. is: IUO9TB008CRB.
My research indicates that this is probably a 2x drive.
Matsushita is the Japanese name of the company that makes the stuff
marketed under the name Panasonic.
Note that this drive dates from early days. Although it has a 40-pin
connector, it is not an IDE/EIDE device -- your machine should not boot
if you connect it to and IDE controller. You need to locate something
with a "Panasonic" CD-ROM interface on it -- at the time, a number of
sound cards provided this feature. Basically, unless you can find such
a card, this is a doorstop.
> He also has a Seagate harddrive taken from another computer that he
> was told is around 1 gig. in size. It has the parameters on the
> drive. He wants to put it in his kids machine as a second drive.
> How do I hook it up and what jumpers need to be changed.
Seagate model numbers consist of the letters "ST", possibly a dash "-
", 3-5 digits, and 0-3 following letters. See if he can find a model
number on the drive. From there, it should be easy to determine the
capacity and interface of the drive, which may determine what he needs
to do. [The other factor is the BIOS of the system the drive will be
installed into....]
David G
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