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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!caen!usenet.coe.montana.edu!bsd.coe.montana.edu!nate 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 Lines: 23 Message-ID: <3ca188$500@pdq.coe.montana.edu> References: <3c8903$sdv@ns.mcs.kent.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: bsd.coe.montana.edu 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 -- nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu | FreeBSD dude and all around tech. nate@cs.montana.edu | weenie. work #: (406) 994-5980 | Unemployed, looking for permanant work in home #: (406) 586-0579 | CS/EE field.