Re: SUMMARY: Pioneer DRM600 & Sun - DRIVERS UNNECESSARY

From: Otto J. Makela (otto@tukki.jyu.fi)
Date: Tue Sep 29 1992 - 06:48:11 CDT

Maybe in reply to: David Clunie: "SUMMARY: Pioneer DRM600 & Sun - DRIVERS UNNECESSARY"
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In article <19vbiiINNfal@huon.itd.adelaide.edu.au> dclunie@sirius.ucs.adelaide.edu.au (David Clunie) writes:
   Now I ask you what extra functionality does the $500 driver from
   Young Minds or Tracer Technologies or whoever offer above this
   freebie from sun ? So far I have not been able to find out.

My guess is audio play support. It seems there is no real standard for
this and all manufacturer's drives need a different control program.

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Maybe in reply to: David Clunie: "SUMMARY: Pioneer DRM600 & Sun - DRIVERS UNNECESSARY"
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