[KLUG Hardware] USB CD Carousel

[Andrew Thompson]

On Mon, 2003-05-26 at 12:58, Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
> http://www.cyberguys.com/templates/searchdetail.asp?T1=134+1360
> 
> Anyone know anything about these?  (Who makes them, etc....)

Dacal Technology: http://www.dacal.com.tw/

> Seems pretty clever if it can be made to work (which I doubt).

Probably just need someone clever enough to write the drivers. There is
a version available for MacOS 10.2 or higher (would be too optimistic to
expect 'higher' to mean 'Linux', but... *grin*)

There's a review at http://www.dansdata.com/cdlibrary.htm that you'll
probably want to check out. Interesting quote [from review]:

> This simple little database-and-control package (melodiously titled
> "CD Library DC 101 Application") is what makes the Library worth
> using. It completely lacks any way to get disc information from
> elsewhere - you can't import your own database, and there's no neat-o
> CDDB (or similar) hookup for indexing a bunch of music CDs or movies
> the fast way.

Since this review, the company has released the MacOS software, called
CD Library II (the Windows version was CD Library DC-101), and I THOUGHT
I saw something on one of the pages about it including CDDB lookup.

A couple lines from a USB ID list gives us this:
> 04b4  Cypress Semiconductor
> 	0000  Dacal DC-101 CD Library

After looking over the site and following what leads I could find, I'm a
little reluctant to recommend this unit. I KNOW there's others out
there. If you've got an Office Depot up there in GR, you might check
them out. The one in K'zoo had a tower-style CD changer that might be
worth a look. I'm sorry to say I didn't take down the info, and probably
won't get the chance until I get my car fixed (which reminds me: don't
expect to see me at the meeting tomorrow. Next week might not be looking
good, either). Anyway, hope all this is SOME help. If so, thank Google.

-- 
Andrew Thompson <tempes@ameritech.net>
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