First post, by Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman
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When buying CD or DVD drive for DOS computers, you would want a drive with 4-pin or 2-pin audio output connector (what do you call it, RGGL?), so you can connect it to your sound card, in order to hear redbook audio CD music in DOS games that have it. However, the problem with buying CD or DVD drive in ebay is that not every seller provide complete pictures of the drive they're selling, so you cannot see the back of the drive to confirm whether the needed connector exists.
Is there any rule of thumb that you can use, to make sure you buy the CD/DVD drive with audio out connector? For examples:
"DVD drives faster than 16x usually don't have 4-pin audio output connector, so the safest bet are those with 8x speed and below."
Or.
"No SATA drive has 4-pin audio output connector."
Or.
"Plextor drives always have 4-pin audio output connector regardless."
Or.
"LG drives rarely has 4-pin audio output connector, even the older 8x speed drives."
Does such rule of thumb exist? Or is looking at the back of the drive the only way to find out? It seems to me all CD drive (CD only, not DVD) always has 4-pin (or even 2-pin) audio output connector, but I prefer to be able to use DVD drives for my DOS computers.
Never thought this thread would be that long, but now, for something different.....
Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman.