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I have a Gateway 2000 computer on order (don't we all?) and have ordered the CD DOM drive
package with it.  I also ordered the OS/2 beta and received it before I got the
Gateway Computer.  The beta is on a CD and the installation instructions give CD
ROM compatibility specs.  The Gateway advertisement say the CD ROM drive is by
Sony and IBM lists a number of compatible Sony CD ROM drives.  The also list
seperately a list of SCCSI Controllers for the CD ROM drives.  Until I saw this
I never thought about what kind of interface the CD ROM drive would have.  I
kind of thought it would probably not be IDE but had'nt considered any
alternatives.  Well I called Gateway to ask and they said the CD ROM drive was a
Sony model 31A which looks like it has 2 few digits judging by the Sony numbers
listed in the OS/2 installation notes.  They also said the interface was MIDI.
This I find hard to believe, even if the only thing I know about MIDI is that it
stands for something like Musical Instrument Digital Interface.  Has anyone
actually ordered and received the CD ROM kit from Gateway?  What model number is
it really?  What type of interface is it really, and what is it's model number?
Finally, is it really possible the CD ROM drive interface is MIDI, or did I get a
some what unknowledgeable representative on the line?

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