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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Path: sserve!manuel!coombs!greg
From: greg@coombs.anu.edu.au (Greg Price)
Subject: I'm a dud...and need help!
Message-ID: <greg.717567006@coombs>
Keywords: cdrom
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Sender: news@newshost.anu.edu.au
Organization: Computer Services Centre, Australian National University
Date: 27 Sep 92 04:10:06 GMT

This is my confession!

I bought a CD-ROM drive (Sound Galaxy CR-522-B with a Panasonic Drive).
There is a dos driver (fine), but I wanted to get programming info and
the retailer has been unable to get it. The interface is the AT type,
ie proprietary. Apparently the drive can be used on Sound Blasters, any
way, I want the low level programming info so I could work on a driver
for 386BSD, but I appear to be stuck. I have asked for help in alt.cd-rom
and a pc group, but got no responses, so I ask two things.

1) Does anyone know how/where I could get programming info I need, or

2) If I could get it swapped for the SCSI version of the panasonic drive
   what types of scsi controller could/should I get for it. The Adaptec
   1542 costs as much as the drive alone! I don't mind working on the
   drivers for a different type of controller, but I would need info for
   it (ie the scsi controller and possibly some stuff about the drive,
   although the scsi should be standard). Is it anticipated more scsi
   controllers will be supported, etc?

There is my case, so please,  * * H E L P * * !
Thanks,
Greg
(greg@coombs.anu.edu.au)