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Date:      Thu, 15 Jul 1999 11:13:17 +0300 (IDT)
From:      Nadav Eiron <nadav@cs.Technion.AC.IL>
To:        John-Mark Gurney <gurney_j@resnet.uoregon.edu>
Cc:        Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, Mark Newton <newton@internode.com.au>, hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: matcd on an SB16
Message-ID:  <Pine.GSO.3.95-heb-2.07.990715111100.8419A-100000@csd>
In-Reply-To: <19990715010517.21550@hydrogen.fircrest.net>

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On Thu, 15 Jul 1999, John-Mark Gurney wrote:

> Mike Smith scribbled this message on Jul 15:
> > > Is the matcd driver known to work on FreeBSD 3.2 ?  If not, does anyone
> > > have any estimate of the amount of effort that'd be required to fix it?
> > 
> > It "works" for some definitions of "work".  Firstly, there are three 
> > different CDROM interfaces that can be hung off an SB16; one is the 
> > Matsushita drive, there's also a Mutsumi interface (I don't think we 
> > support it) and a Sony interface (also, I believe, unsupported).
> 
> actually, only certain drives are supported on the interfaces... this
> is from -current's LINT:
> # for the Sony CDU31/33A CDROM
> device          scd0    at isa? port 0x230
> # matcd: Matsushita/Panasonic CD-ROM
> # for the SoundBlaster 16 multicd - up to 4 devices
> controller      matcd0  at isa? port 0x230
> # mcd: Mitsumi CD-ROM
> device          mcd0    at isa? port 0x300 irq 10
> 
> so, we support all three different interfaces, but the support is
> quite weak...   I'm not even sure if these even work anymore, do
> people havesome hardware they run tests on these interfaces?

I have a 486 with a matcd drive. Currently it runs 2.2.8R. The CD works,
though occasionaly I get errors on it. I intend to upgrade it to 3.2R or
-STABLE as soon as I get its monitor fixed (died a few weeks ago :-( )...

> 
> -- 
> John-Mark Gurney                              Voice: +1 541 684 8449
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> 
> "The soul contains in itself the event that shall presently befall it.
> The event is only the actualizing of its thought." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
> 
> 
Nadav



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