Wayne Chirnside wrote in a message to Ken Hrynchuk:

-=> Ken Hrynchuk wrote to August Abolins <=-

 KH> I don't know. I've given up trying to keep tabs on who-bought-who,
 KH> who-went-under, who-changed-their-name, etc...

 KH> Looking for old drivers can be an educational experience, though. 

 WC> Needed a 16 bit DOS driver for my salvaged Acer 40X CD-ROM. Found
 WC> it after a bit of looking however that particular drives
 WC> manufacturer had changed hands TWICE since the drive was made!
 WC> Finally snagged the driver of some previously unknown to me
 WC> Taiwanese or Japanese web site!
 WC> Driver works just fine :-)
 WC> There is no 16 bit DOS driver for this 32X H.P. CD-ROM drive. 

That one that comes on the w98 install floppy sure seems to work with a lot
of stuff...

Funny you should mention Acer,  as that's the one I started with in this
machine (a 4x).  When it started to give me a lot of read errors,  I
swapped it out for a Goldstar 8x,  which is still in there,  and switched
to the above-mentioned driver and it's been just fine ever since.

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