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Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 16:30:24 +0100
From: Utz Zarwell <UtzZarwell AT compuserve DOT de>
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Subject: Re: prob audio CD on 2nd CD-ROM with NWCDEX
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da Silva, Joe wrote on 15 Feb 2001:
>>I don't mean to be cruel here, but if the so-called ATAPI STANDARD is 
>>so standard they why is Utz having problems with two APATI devices?
>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.

When I bought the 4xCDROM I knew about the _nonconforming_ problems.
IIRC it was with the 1x and 2x and maybe the very early 4x.

You never know but theres no evidence not beeing ATAPI conform.
And we already discussed the _standard_ or whatever this means.. :-)

>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).

The players dont ignore the second drive when using MSCDEX.
Maybe its at the player level when _talking_ to subunits of 
the driver. Maybe the NWCDEX returns not the answer expected by 
the players. Total guess, Matthias Paul seems the only one to 
confirm. 


Regards,
Utz