Date: Tue, 16 Sep 1997 21:37:28 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: "User Rdkeys Robert D. Keys" <rdkeys@seedlab1.cropsci.ncsu.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Old Sony CDROM compatibility with FreeBSD????? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970916213630.4310R-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <199709161449.KAA21735@seedlab1.cropsci.ncsu.edu>
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On Tue, 16 Sep 1997, User Rdkeys Robert D. Keys wrote: > I picked up an older Sony cdrom drive that I would like to try to adapt > to one of my FreeBSD boxes. It is a ancient thing that uses a caddy: > > Board: Sony CDB-904 8 bit card with three switch blocks of jumpers. > The date on the board is 1989. > > CDROM drive: Sony CDU-510-12 drive using disk caddies. I suspect it is > an older single-speed drive. > > 1. Is this ancient drive compatible with FreeBSD? Reading all the hardware > txt files back to 2.0.5 just indicates ``sony cdrom'' of all types. Maybe. did you give the scd driver a shot? I don't have any hints for the controller jumper settings. How about 3 (230 maybe?) Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major Spam routed to /dev/null by Procmail | Death to Cyberpromo
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