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From: uhclem@nemesis.lonestar.org (Frank Durda IV)
Subject: Re: Reveal CD-ROM Support..what happened?
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Date: Sat, 12 Aug 1995 17:32:11 GMT
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Jim Durham (durham@w2xo.pgh.pa.us) wrote:
[0]Someone posted saying that they had patches for 2.0.5R to support
[0]the Reveal CD-ROM package sold by Egghead. They were going to post
[0]the patches, but I didn't see it. Did I miss it? I have one of these
[0]things and I'd like to be able to use it under FreeBSD.

You need to find out the exact maker and model number of the drive in the
box.  Reveal sell several models and they incompatible with one
another.

If the drive is a Matsushita CR-562 or CR-563, then the latest matcd
driver will support them.   (These are both double speed drives.)

2.0.5R will support these drives only if connected to GENUINE Creative Labs
sound or driver interface cards.  The latest code (in -current and probably
the latest SNAP) supports a lot more host interfaces.

If the drive is an IDE (any of the three vendors Reveal uses), then
there is not support, although there is some Alpha activity going on.

Unfortunately, *most* of the non-SCSI 4X drives are IDE.


You may not be able to determine the drive type from the picture on 
the box (remember Radio Shacks famous words: "Style may vary from photo").
Ask the salescritter to open a box and let you look at the drive
boilerplate.

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