From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Nov 23 03:08:08 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id DAA19812 for hackers-outgoing; Sat, 23 Nov 1996 03:08:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id DAA19785 for ; Sat, 23 Nov 1996 03:08:00 -0800 (PST) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.2/8.7.3) id VAA22520; Sat, 23 Nov 1996 21:37:23 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199611231107.VAA22520@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: ATAPI (was: Who needs Perl? We do!) In-Reply-To: <24708.848726356@time.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at "Nov 22, 96 09:19:16 pm" To: jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard) Date: Sat, 23 Nov 1996 21:37:21 +1030 (CST) Cc: dkelly@hiwaay.net, hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Jordan K. Hubbard stands accused of saying: > > Input like this? (the data part of this ATAPI drive works, the audio > > stuff isn't fully functional). > > Uh, no. This actually fails on several counts: > > 1. It does not state the exact make and model, as I asked. We need > succinct information at the moment more than we need elaborate > script output from which such information must be intuited. FWIW, it;s a Sony CDU-77. > I'm not saying that audio support is not important, simply that > it is not relevant at this time. Supporting audio on this drive would be a major pain, as it is a totally nonstandard unit. > Jordan -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[