Re: 701, win95 and Panasonic PCMCIA CD-ROM

[jones@pyrrhus.pgh.pa.us (David Jones)]

The 'factory refurbished' Panasonic CD-ROM that USA FLEX is selling
for $149 is the KXL-D720.  I have run it without trouble under
DOS/Win3.1 on the 701.  I believe there is a Win95 driver on the
Panasonic web page though I haven't tried it.  The CD-ROM has a single
female mini high density SCSI-2 socket, thus the cable from the PC
Card is a high density SCSI-2 male.  It should work with other SCSI
devices although I haven't tried it yet.  I have an Iomega Zip, but I
need additional cables/adapters to make the appropriate connections.

The down side: the PC Card is not supported under OS/2 or Linux.  Is
it proprietary?  Well that's a good question.  I have been trying for
months to get information out of Panasonic to let me program it with
little success.

Regards,
David Jones