From: boinger@myamy.hacktic.nl (Paul Kolenbrander)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: cd-rom drive info
Date: 22 Dec 92 23:38:19 MET
Reply-To: boinger@myamy.hacktic.nl (Paul Kolenbrander)
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In article <AKIY.92Dec21131827@diva.cs.titech.ac.jp> akiy@diva.cs.titech.ac.jp (Akiyama Jun) writes:
> Boinger@myami.kacktic.nl (Paul Kolenbrander) writes:
> >> My System Information program says it is
> >> an MATSHITA-CR5xx with 1.0c ROM. Is this a Matshushita (Panasonic)
> >> CR-501? It's Unisys ID is ESD2-CDR (UA2723001350) and it also says
> >> CR-501-U [...]
> 
> jay.rymal@canrem.com (jay rymal) writes back:
> >   I'm a proud owner of AsimWare Innovation's AsimCDFS.  The latest version's
> >   addendum says
> 	
> 	[list of supported SCSI devices deleted]
> 
> >   Supported CDRom drives:
> >     *Panasonic CD-501 (ROM 1.0b)
> 
> 	[deletia]
> 
> >   So I'm sure It'll work...Paul Reeves also gives great support for the 
> >   software, including a support area on a local BBS.
> 
> If I interpreted the postings on alt.cd-rom a little whiles back, I
> think that Matshita is a company in Korea and is totally unrelated to
> Matsushita (which is better known outside of Japan as Panasonic).

Well, I did some more checking and on the box it came in there is
a sticker saying:

Matshushita Kotobuki
Electronics Industries Ltd.
2131 Minamikata, Kawauchi-Cho,
Onsen-Gun, Ehime 791-03
Japan

Does this say anything to you? Also there is a driver supplied for
SM-DOS with PAN in the name. Also the soundplayer supplied for DOS
starts up with a line saying:

CD PC-listener version 1.10
Copyright (C) Matshusita-Kotobuki Electronics Industries Ltd.

Looks like it just might be Matshushita CR-501 (Panasonic/Technics)
after all. 

> Ergo, I wouldn't jump on AsimWare's CDFS just yet (although I have
> heard many praises for the filesystem, and I am thinking of switching
> over to it from CD-Rom FS).  Perhaps a query in alt.cd-rom or a phone
> call to AsimWare or the other two CD-ROM file system companies (Xetec
> and Canadian Iforgetheirname) might be a good precautionary measure.

That's my problem. Calling from the Netherlands to the US continent is
_very_ expensive. :-( I'd rather be able to fax or get the answer in here.
It seems I am _not_ getting all messages, as I haven't seen the one you
replied to yet. So anybody having useful info, please e-mail it to me, so
I am sure to get it. I'd follow your advice and post in alt.cd-rom but I
can't. My host doesn't carry it and using ucbvax won't work since that
translates the - to . [and thus alt.cd-rom would have to be entered as
alt-cd-rom and would end up alt.cd.rom :-(] Anybody connected to alt.cd-rom
able to forward my original message and asking for replies by e-mail to me?

Thanks!

> akiy@cs.titech.ac.jp|Amiga/Mac/IBM/NeXT/NEC (ugh)/Unix-box User   

Season's Greetings to all who it applies to. :-)

CYa, Paul

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