Date: Mon, 15 Dec 1997 13:15:13 GMT From: Richard Tobin <richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk> To: "Joseph J. Volack" <volack@computer.org>, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: RICOH MP6200S CD-R, CD-RW Message-ID: <16012.199712151315@pitcairn.cogsci.ed.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: Joseph J. Volack's message of Fri, 5 Dec 1997 18:10:01 -1000 (HST)
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> Is anybody using the RICOH MP6200S with FreeBSD? Looks like these > are a pretty good deal now. I mailed Ricoh Europe to ask for programming information, but they refused (see below). Looks like their drives are a really bad deal for free software users... I guess it wouldn't be too hard to reverse engineer, if you could see the SCSI commands being sent to the CD drive under Windoze. Is it possible to connect a second computer to the SCSI bus and see what commands get sent, or do you need special hardware for this? (Reverse engineering to determine interfaces is completely legal, at least in the EU.) -- Richard Message-Id: <9712140551.AA02561@CD-R Support.ricoh-red.com> From: CDR-SUPPORT <cdr-support@ricoh-red.com> Date: Sun, 14 Dec 1997 14:51:50 +0900 To: Richard Tobin <richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk> Subject: Re: Driver information for CD-RW drives --------------------- >I am interested in using a Ricoh SCSI CD-RW drive with the FreeBSD >operating system. Where can I get the information necessary to write >a device driver for your drives? > >-- Richard Tobin Log No.: KN-97-3164 Dear Mr. Richard Tobin, In case of the details of SCSI Commands, we can not send it. Because, it is the confidential information from Ricoh Japan, and they send the information to OEM Customers or Software Developers who have good relationship with us with Non-Disclosure Agreement. Best Regards, ---------------------------------------- CDR-SUPPORT <cdr-support@ricoh-red.com> Technical Support for CD-R and CD-RW RICOH Europe B.V DMS Division ----------------------------------------
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