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Re: Portable CD ROM with TP755



>   As far as I know, there are two PORTABLE CD-ROM drives, NEC 3Xp and
>   Zenith Z-Player. The Zenith Z-Player needs a Type-II PCMCIA slot. So,
>   I'm not sure it will work under OS/2 or not.
>   I really think the question is how to connect your CD-ROM drive to
>   your TP755 if you plan to use PCMCIA SCSI card. I use Dock I to connect
>   my CD-ROM drive, and it works great in OS/2 and Windows. Of course,
>   you could get a Dock I with optional CD-ROM drive.
>   Just a question come into my mind, that is why IBM don't have their
>   PCMCIA SCSI card (of course, it should be OS/2 supported)? Recently,
>   IBM just announces their audio card (the only audio card can work in
>   OS/2 so far), but how about the SCSI card? Hope I can see one in the
>   near future:-) Does anyone know why?

The Trantor PCMCIA SCSI card may be the first to offer OS/2 support.
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