Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 18:03:45 +0100 From: Bernd Walter <ticso@cicely12.cicely.de> To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?S=F8ren?= Schmidt <sos@DeepCore.dk> Cc: 'FreeBSD Current' <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ATAPI CD changers anybody ? Message-ID: <20050124170344.GF628@cicely12.cicely.de> In-Reply-To: <41F52424.4020001@DeepCore.dk> References: <41F52424.4020001@DeepCore.dk>
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On Mon, Jan 24, 2005 at 05:36:52PM +0100, Søren Schmidt wrote: > > Seems I lost my lonely ATAPI CDROM with built in changer to the eternal > HW scrapyards, let it rest in peace :) > > Finding a new one seems difficult so I thought I'd ask around how many > still has one of these ? > > I ask because the support code for those seem to have suffered bitrot to > the degree that it most likely hasn't worked on -current (maybe even > 5.x) for a long time, but alas I cant test that. > > Now, since it seems that such devices are no longer made, and newer > really caught on, I need some good reasons to keep the (broken) support > in there. I have an Alps DC544C here, currently not vuilt into to any machine. Didn't know if it was ever supported as a changer - it has some buttons to switch media. Don't think there is much sense these days in using such a device. -- B.Walter BWCT http://www.bwct.de bernd@bwct.de info@bwct.de
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