🚀 go-pugleaf

Steven Abrams (abrams@play.cs.columbia.edu) wrote:
: In article
: <Pine.SGI.3.91.950307083526.18354A-100000@magellan.cloudnet.com> Tom
: Cross <tomc@magellan.cloudnet.com> writes: 
: > Isn't it fun to find these things out AFTER you've posted a message to a 
: > large newsgroup and made a fool of yourself?  :)

: > The manual that came with the drive made me believe that ATAPI was the 
: > brand.  I can't find that stupid manual now to take out my revenge.  :(

: Well, to be fair, the manual does not mention Mistumi anywhere at all.
: I couldn't find a copyright notice, a tech-support number, or anything
: which would indicate who makes the damned drive.

: I knew it was Mitsumi, but wanted to contact them re: driver updates
: at one point, and couldn't. 

This is very typical, and intentional:  the manual is printed so it can be
used by an OEM to add to a complete system which happens to contain that
drive, without telling anyone who made the drive.  It's the kind of thing
that keeps "experts" in business (i.e. people who recognise the particular
entrails on the PCB).

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