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From: "da Silva, Joe" <Joe DOT daSilva AT emailmetering DOT com>
To: "'opendos AT delorie DOT com'" <opendos AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: RE: prob audio CD on 2nd CD-ROM with NWCDEX
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 13:49:04 +1100
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Aarghhh!!

Here is an e-mail extract, to refresh your memory :
Slave at first EIDE is a CD-RW; slave at second IDE 4xCDROM.

Joe.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Patrick Moran [SMTP:pmoran22 AT yahoo DOT com]
> Sent:	Thursday, 15 February 2001 12:47
> To:	opendos AT delorie DOT com
> Subject:	Re: prob audio CD on 2nd CD-ROM with NWCDEX
> 
> That was a 24X, not a 4X and as far as I know all 24X drives are ATAPI
> drives. My drive is a 4X but it is SCSI, so I could care less about it
> interferring with anything.
> 
> 
> Pat
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "da Silva, Joe" <Joe DOT daSilva AT emailmetering DOT com>
> To: <opendos AT delorie DOT com>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 4:22 PM
> Subject: RE: prob audio CD on 2nd CD-ROM with NWCDEX
> 
> 
> > Answer : Because at least one of his drives, ie. the 4X
> > CD-ROM, is most likely to *pre-date* the ATAPI standard
> > and is therefore unlikely to comply with it!
> >
> > Please do not confuse the ATA standard(s) with the
> > ATAPI standard, although they have now merged
> > somewhat. The ATAPI standard was developed much
> > later (and by a different group) than the ATA standard.
> >
> > Furthermore, it is quite possible that what we see
> > in this instance is simply a bug in the software, be
> > it NWCDEX or the "Player" software (which may
> > assume that only one CD-ROM-like drive exists,
> > and ignore the second drive).
> >
> > Joe.
> >
> 
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