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Article #117Re: Panasonic 562 drivers!!!!
From: Neil Anderton
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 1995 00:00
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 1995 00:00
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In article <46o3or$5j5@oznet07.ozemail.com.au>, Nickan@ozemail.com.au says... > >You will find it very hard to find any updated drivers on the Panasonic >562B drive, as this drive is closly identical to the Creative 563B drive >which is a supported drive by Creative Technology. It is obvious that >Creative will support their own drive, hence the abundance of 563 drivers, >but has ignored updating drivers for the 562B, as it is a clone of their >very own drive. It really boils down to what you pay for, the cheaper >brand name that is unsupported or a reliable brand, costing a bit more, >but at least supported. A lot of people have bought this drive and find >themselves in the same situation. Maybe its time for you to go to >Hex-speed! > >I hope this helps! > I'm sure I'll well and truly be corrected if I'm wrong, but isnt the Creative Labs 563 a rebadged Panasonic drive? I was under the impression that the Panasonic 562 appears in many different guises as an OEM product. I suppose its a bit like saying the Toyota Camry is a clone of the Holden Apollo!!!!!
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 104cf5,b7683aaaf08f07f9 X-Google-Attributes: gid104cf5,public X-Google-Thread: 10ed01,b7683aaaf08f07f9 X-Google-Attributes: gid10ed01,public X-Google-Thread: 100a73,b7683aaaf08f07f9 X-Google-Attributes: gid100a73,public From: neila@mel.dah.csiro.au (Neil Anderton) Subject: Re: Panasonic 562 drivers!!!! Date: 1995/10/27 Message-ID: <46pi59$4ad@weever.mel.dit.csiro.au> X-Deja-AN: 118142019 references: <951023$094337$8339brilib@ozemail.com.au> <46o3or$5j5@oznet07.ozemail.com.au> organization: CSIRO Division of Animal Health mime-version: 1.0 newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.cd-rom,aus.cdrom,aus.computers.cdrom