First post, by peklop
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When i read about little known and forgotten computer companies i remember WEARNES.
When my first 4x speed Mashita (Panasonic-MatsuSHITa) drive died fastly after end of warranty, my second CD-ROM drive was 8x speed unit from WEARNES.
Today i searched Vogons for Wearnes and found only four matches. Wow, that need more research.
I four photo of the 8x drive here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File ... OM_(2).jpg
(not used over wikipedia and photographed by different czech wikipedia user)
Later i found local Czech magazine review, Wearnes sold 32x speed drives to end of the millennium:
http://www.svethardware.cz/recenze-cd-rom-wearnes-32x/45
Drive was reported as CDS-32x to ATAPI. I dont know if with or without Wearnes name. If without it can be only rebranded oem drive because design is different from old drives.
Review helped me, Wearnes used website http://www.wpinet.com.sg
achived here: http://web.archive.org/web/19980628113115/htt … .wpinet.com.sg/
Here is list of the Wearnes CD-ROM drives:
http://web.archive.org/web/19980628113505/htt … m.sg/ddrive.htm and writers: http://web.archive.org/web/19980628113457/htt … .sg/dwriter.htm
12x and 18x speed units still used typical ugly Wearnes front panel design. 20, 24 and 32x speed drives were different.
I checked FCC ID used for CD-ROM drives:
Wearnes Peripherals Intl (PTE) Ltd
https://fccid.io/JUG
in list are three Sound cards but i gooling and googling and cant find any informations about these cards.
found differend companies used Wearnes name:
https://fccid.io/G2D
Wearnes Technology Corporation Limited
produced monitors about 1989/1990
Wearnes Technology (Private) Limited
https://fccid.io/GUQ
produced VGA card about 1990, i googled and found card here:
http://www.recycledgoods.com/wearnes-vga-pro- … pf-wtvgaii.html
It was ISA WDC PF-WTVGAII - Wearnes VGA Pro II
Again different company name etched to PCB - WEARNES AUTOMATION PTE LTD
Fourth FCC ID name is Wearnes Systemax Corp https://fccid.io/GJ7
with only one product: Systemax 286
I found Wearnes still exist:
http://www.wearnespc.com/about/index.html
They still using same logo. But it looks like different company from Indonesia.
Who remember Wearnes products? Remember somebody their sound cards?
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