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Guest replied

11 December 2002, 10:36
hmmm

Hope that the PC supports it.

Is the drive burnproof ?
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Guest replied

10 December 2002, 20:14
Freecom Portable II

0] I was just asked to find the drivers and identify any potential issues.

The device is parallel connected, with the main gotcha is that the port needs to be in EPP mode.

:hat 8o :b >D
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Guest replied

10 December 2002, 13:36
which drivers ?

What interface ?

I have the standard cd version on pcmcia and that works fine. Freecom also supply various laptop makers as an oem anyway.

Given a choice I would agree with andy and go for iee1394 or usb2 - not sure how you stand with NT though for support for that hardware and drivers.

I know that the early Ricoh cdrw/dvd drive mechanisms had lots of problems and gave cdrw/dvd a bad name for a while - was that your concern ?
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Guest replied

10 December 2002, 12:59
Re: Freecom Portable II

Should be okay.

When I bought one it had a parallel connection, and it was 1x-2x-4x write speed. I found 2x to be the best cos errors might occur on the higher speed(s).

Probably get a USB/Firewire version next
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Guest replied

10 December 2002, 12:54
Freecom Portable II

It's going onto a NT4 SP6 platform

>:
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Guest replied

10 December 2002, 12:52
I bought one of these 18months ago and it now no longer works. There is no power to the unit, either the DC adapter is shafted or the actual unit is broke.

Apart from that, I had no problems at all. It has been attached to WinNT 4.0 and 2000 in its lifetime.

What is your Op/Sys?
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Guest started a topic Freecom Portable II - Any Issues

10 December 2002, 11:21
Freecom Portable II - Any Issues

Hi,

I'm going to be installing a Freecom Portable II CD/DVD/CD-RW combo onto a clients machine and I have heard a whisper that there may be problems with the drivers.

I have downloaded the latest driver and manual from freecom. Does anyone have any comments.

Sparklelard.....

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