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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!un!pc012 From: pc012@un.seqeb.gov.au ( PAT COLLINS) Subject: Re: CDROM support Message-ID: <CIuAMs.1yJ@un.seqeb.gov.au> Organization: SEQEB X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] References: <2966027863.0.p00181@psilink.com> <CIpKtC.AwL@Colorado.EDU> <JKH.93Dec28053347@whisker.lotus.ie> <CIs389.H0B@mcnnet.mi.org> <2frc05$qr9@intergate.swc.cc.ca.us> Date: Thu, 30 Dec 1993 08:37:39 GMT Lines: 39 Tom Zacharoff (warelock@intergate.swc.cc.ca.us) wrote: : Steven J. Corso (steve@mcnnet.mi.org) wrote: : : >jkh@whisker.lotus.ie (Jordan K. Hubbard) writes: : : > : : >>>I would also like to know the answer to that question. Does freebsd offer : : >>>any additional support for CDROMs or other SCSI cards? I know that Linux : : >>>supports some of the sound card based CDROM interfaces. Are any of these : : > : : >>We support the Mitsumi CDROM driver/controller combo, but none of the : : >>sound-card based CDROMs currently. If someone would like to write one : : >>for us.. :-) : : > : : >> Jordan : : >>-- : : >>(Jordan K. Hubbard) jkh@violet.berkeley.edu, jkh@al.org, jkh@whisker.lotus.ie : : >>FreeBSD Core Team, American Liver Association, Hedgehog Breeders Society : : Ok..Does NetBSD also support the Mitsumi CDROM? I believe that the FAQ : : indicates that none of the the xxxxBSD systems do, unless I misread it. : : Steve@mcnnet.mi.org : This also seems to me to be the case. I have a Mitsumi CD and would : love to get it running under NetBSD 0.9. I also have a Pro Audio : Spectrum 16 sound card that I would like to get running. I'm : wondering if the soundblaster drivers will work with it. Is the Mitsumi drive referred to in this thread the FX0001 with the 16 bit IDE controller card. Will it work with my stock standard 386 PC running FreeBSD. Does anyone in Australia know where I can buy one new or used. Thanks. Patrick Collins pc012@seqeb.gov.au