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To: Jon Falconer <manager@puc.edu>
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Subject: Re: IDE CDROM drivers? 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 04 Jan 95 20:45:21 PST."
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Date: Wed, 04 Jan 1995 20:54:17 -0800
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
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> Been having fun with FreeBSD 2.0. I was wondering if any support for
> EIDE (ATAPI) CDROM drives is planned or in the works?

It's planned, but no firm project has yet been started.

> Also, any support for multi-serial port boards?  On the order of 16
> to 64 ports? Or do the companies that make these card not want to reveal
> their secrets?

BOCA and Digiboard come to mind.  We supposedly support both, though I've
no direct experience with that.

					Jordan