From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 28 08:04:33 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CEA9116A4CE; Fri, 28 Jan 2005 08:04:33 +0000 (GMT) Received: from spider.deepcore.dk (cpe.atm2-0-53484.0x50a6c9a6.abnxx9.customer.tele.dk [80.166.201.166]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1350C43D55; Fri, 28 Jan 2005 08:04:33 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sos@DeepCore.dk) Received: from [172.18.2.1] (axiell-gw1.novi.dk [130.225.63.24]) by spider.deepcore.dk (8.12.11/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j0S84Rof073748; Fri, 28 Jan 2005 09:04:30 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from sos@DeepCore.dk) Message-ID: <41F9F204.3080904@DeepCore.dk> Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 09:04:20 +0100 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?S=F8ren_Schmidt?= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (X11/20050116) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Chris Faulhaber References: <41F52424.4020001@DeepCore.dk> <20050127145647.GB51694@chaos.fxp.org> In-Reply-To: <20050127145647.GB51694@chaos.fxp.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-mail-scanned: by DeepCore Virus & Spam killer v1.6 cc: hackers@freebsd.org cc: 'FreeBSD Current' Subject: Re: ATAPI CD changers anybody ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 08:04:34 -0000 First thanks to all those that responded to this inquiry, it has given=20 me a pointer to how wanted this is. Chris Faulhaber wrote: > On Mon, Jan 24, 2005 at 05:36:52PM +0100, S?ren Schmidt wrote: >=20 >>Seems I lost my lonely ATAPI CDROM with built in changer to the eternal= =20 >>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 t= o=20 >>the degree that it most likely hasn't worked on -current (maybe even=20 >>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=20 >>really caught on, I need some good reasons to keep the (broken) support= =20 >>in there. >> > I have two of these, a 4x and 6x: >=20 > acd0-3: CDROM with 4 CD changer at ata1-master P= IO3 >=20 > I still use one under 4.x but since they will not read many newer > CDR's and CDRW's their usefulness is waning. Exactly, and it is much cheaper and ALOT faster to copy those CD images=20 to a harddisk and be doen with it. > If you would like one in order to continue supporting them, send > me your address and I will have one shipped. Thanks! I'll first decide if I want to keep the support alive for 6.0,=20 and I'll get back to those with these drives if/when I need to get it=20 tested etc... --=20 -S=F8ren