SONY760S ok? SCSI/IDE?

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From: bonak
Date: Fri, 04 Aug 1995 13:23

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I am looking for a 4x CD ROM drive and thinking of getting a SONY 760S
which uses a SCSI interface. Is this a good drive?

Does anyone know for sure what type of SCSI adapter it comes with? I
thought it came with an Adaptec 1515 SCSI card, but then I heard it
comes with some sort of SONY SCSI - any comments on this adapter? Can
you recommend a basic SCSI card if the SONY one isn't any good.

Does it make sense to choose SCSI over a simple IDE interface? 

I currently have a simple IDE interface (not EIDE) card that already
has 2 hard disks running of it so I need to get another interface
card. I could get a Creative Labs 4x IDE CD drive (manufacturer?) for
about $230, the SONY will cost about $300, is it worth paying the
extra $70? Also, I am starting to run out of expansion slots slowly.

Thanks for any help/suggestions.

Esmail
PS: I am planing to use this drive with linux (and DOS/Windows)

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Esmail Bonakdarian (esmail@uiowa.edu) 
Department of Computer Science
University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, U.S.A.
http://www.cs.uiowa.edu/~bonak

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