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From: nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu (Nate Williams)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: CDU-33 CD-ROM driver?
Date: 9 Dec 1994 16:39:36 GMT
Organization: Montana State University, Bozeman  Montana
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In article <3c8903$sdv@ns.mcs.kent.edu>,
Greg Delozier <delozier@mcs.kent.edu> wrote:
>I have a CDU-33 (33a?) CDROM drive, and I'd like to use FreeBSD. As it
>is for 32-bit operating systems, I can use Linux or OS/2, but not 
>FreeBSD with this drive. My question is this: are the drives either 
>likely to be supported in the (near) future, or will it be possible for
>me to write such a driver in reasonable time (as an experienced Unix 
>software engineer)  or should I do something else entirely?

IF you can get the programming information, it shouldn't be that
difficult to program a driver for them, given your experience level.

I attempted to reverse engineer it using the Linux driver, but it was
taking more time than it was worth to me and I gave up.  And now, I
no longer have access to the hardware.


Nate
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