[TPall] IBM portable CDROM (was: [TP] PCMCIA cards working in only one slot)

[ross@math.hawaii.edu (David Ross)]

I said:
> >On this subject let me make another plug for the IBM portable CDROM
> >drives (models 1969008,9,10,11).

Paul asked:

> How much, and do they work with OS/2 (standard question procedure)?

They come with OS/2 drivers, so I suppose they do.  I'm pretty sure they
work with Linux too (at least, when I was web-surfing for product info, I ran 
across a discussion of how to get them to work with Linux).

As for price: too expensive.  My 4x was a refurb for $150, but the place
where I bought it has no more.  I think the newer 8-20x CAV versions retail
for several hundred.

BTW, I found a nice site for 'legacy' IBM option specs:

	www.au.pc.ibm.com/products/othobi.html


Too bad IBM/us thinks that 3-month-old options should be expunged from *their*
site!

- David