Yeah, around 1993 was when the first ones arrived. On Mon, 7 Aug 2023 at 01:12, Steve Nickolas via Freedos-devel <freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > > On Mon, 7 Aug 2023, Danilo Pecher via Freedos-devel wrote: > > > The first one I can remember was the Mitsumi CRMC-LU005S single speed > > drive, which was the one I had. It had its own card because it was > > non-IDE despite the fact that the cable and plug looked exactly like > > IDE. They did use a proprietary standard. They definitely worked on an > > 80286, so I think we can conclude that CDROMs did not require an > > 80386. I can remember some early Shareware CD's with stuff I couldn't > > use because I only had a 80286. DJGPP springs to mind. > > I remember seeing an XT with an external CD-ROM drive at a library 30 > years ago. > > -uso. > > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-devel mailing list > Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
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