From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Dec 17 14:21:09 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id OAA20022 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 17 Dec 1997 14:21:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from iafnl.es.iaf.nl (uucp@iafnl.es.iaf.nl [195.108.17.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id OAA20017 for ; Wed, 17 Dec 1997 14:21:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wilko@yedi.iaf.nl) Received: by iafnl.es.iaf.nl with UUCP id AA24323 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG); Wed, 17 Dec 1997 23:20:48 +0100 Received: (from wilko@localhost) by yedi.iaf.nl (8.8.5/8.6.12) id VAA02676; Wed, 17 Dec 1997 21:07:35 +0100 (MET) From: Wilko Bulte Message-Id: <199712172007.VAA02676@yedi.iaf.nl> Subject: Re: volume control on SCSI Toshiba CDdrive To: wilko@yedi.iaf.nl (Wilko Bulte) Date: Wed, 17 Dec 1997 21:07:35 +0100 (MET) Cc: syssgm@dtir.qld.gov.au, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199711242012.VAA02289@yedi.iaf.nl> from "Wilko Bulte" at Nov 24, 97 09:12:09 pm X-Organisation: Private FreeBSD site - Arnhem, The Netherlands X-Pgp-Info: PGP public key at 'finger wilko@freefall.freebsd.org' X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24 ME8a] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk As Wilko Bulte wrote... > As Stephen McKay wrote... > > > On Friday, 21st November 1997, Wilko Bulte wrote: > > > > >I just changed my old 4x Toshiba cdrom to a 12x Toshiba. > > >To be precise, it is a TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-5701TA 3136. > > > > > >The 4x Toshiba audio volume was controllable using the WorkMan 'slide'. > > >It seems that the 12x Toshiba does not respond to this. AFAIK > > >the volume stuff is part of the SCSI standard these days. > > > > > >Any comments of fellow XM5701 owners? > > > > I have the same problem. Everything else works. :-) > > > > xmcd could control volume on my old NEC 4x, but the new Toshiba ignores it. > > It's just about impossible to keep a list of good working hardware. :-( > > > > Does anyone have an inside contack at Toshiba? Maybe there is a workaround. > > If not, at least they will be able to club somebody! > > I'll try to find out at work. Digital buys a lot of Toshiba drives, so > maybe I can get more info on this. Well it took some time, but I haven't given up: TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-5701TA 0557 is a firmware rev that has *working* audio control. I found out by borrowing a Digital RRD46 which is a XM5701 in disguise. It contains the RRD46 firmware, but also the XM-5701TA 0557 firmware. Jumper selectable by the parity jumper (parity is for our firmware always enabled, the jumper is 'borrowed' so the hardware can remain as-is). I'm not sure if there are two completely seperate firmware revs, or only some settings/mode pages are changed. I suspect it is the latter. The firmware itself lives in a socketed SMD PROM. As far as getting in touch with a contact in Toshiba I did not have as much luck. Is there anybody on the list that has the right contact within Toshiba to get the music loving XM-5701TA owners a working firmware? It is at least proven by now that Toshiba has the technology ;-) Wilko _ ______________________________________________________________________ | / o / / _ Bulte email: wilko @ yedi.iaf.nl http://www.tcja.nl/~wilko |/|/ / / /( (_) Arnhem, The Netherlands - Do, or do not. There is no 'try' ---------------- Support your local daemons: run [Free,Net]BSD Unix ------