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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.questions:8694 comp.unix.sys5.r4:6494 comp.unix.unixware:2065 Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.unix.sys5.r4,comp.unix.unixware Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!yoyo.aarnet.edu.au!news.adelaide.edu.au!basser.cs.su.oz.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!dmssyd.syd.dms.CSIRO.AU!dmsperth.per.dms.CSIRO.AU!uniwa!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!brunix!cs.brown.edu!Mark_Weaver From: Mark_Weaver@brown.edu Subject: Re: Device Driver for Philips LMS-CM206 CD-ROM In-Reply-To: mwalls@nyx10.cs.du.edu's message of Sun, 6 Feb 94 05:34:04 GMT Message-ID: <MARK_WEAVER.94Feb9175847@localhost.cs.brown.edu> Sender: news@cs.brown.edu Reply-To: Mark_Weaver@brown.edu Organization: Brown University Department of Computer Science References: <1994Feb3.195813.6920@msd.measurex.com> <1994Feb6.053404.29945@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> Date: Wed, 9 Feb 1994 22:58:47 GMT Lines: 29 In article <1994Feb6.053404.29945@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> mwalls@nyx10.cs.du.edu (Monty Walls) writes: > bobml@mxmsd.msd.measurex.com (Bob LaGesse) writes: > > > >I'm about ready to spend money on another new toy, this time a CD-ROM drive. > > >I've done some preliminary research and the Philips LMS-CM206 CD-ROM drive > >appears to be a good value (~$200.00, double-speed) but unfortunately, > >it has a proprietary AT-BUS card. According to the Philips computer bulletin > >board there's a company called Free S/W Associates(?) which has a Unix device > >driver available for it. Their phone number is 011-49-69-634588 which I > >believe is in Germany. Does anyone know anything about them? > >Do they have an Internet address and if so could someone please give it to me? > >Better yet, maybe they'll see this message and reply to me directly 8^)! > > >As always, any assistance is greatly appreciated. > > [...] > > If that fails, check the LINUX archive sites (tsx-11.mit.edu & > sunsite.unc.edu), some one has already done a driver. That would > provide at least a starting point for a SVR4 driver. The linux driver only works with the 205 (single-speed version). Mark -------------------------------------------------------------------- Email: Mark_Weaver@brown.edu | Brown University PGP Key: finger mhw@cs.brown.edu | Dept of Computer Science