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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Creative CDROM
Date: 20 Jul 1996 19:29:20 GMT
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psonnek@skypoint.com (Patrick Sonnek) wrote:
> I have just freed up a Creative Labs 2X CDROM drive. I cannot find out
> how to gen this device to work with FreeBSD. This is the drive that can
> connect either to the Soundblaster card, or it's own interface. Can
> someone help me configure my kernel to support this device?
MATCD(4) FreeBSD Programmer's Manual MATCD(4)
NAME
matcd - Matsushita (Panasonic) CD-ROM driver
SYNOPSIS
controller matcd[0-4] at isa? port [?| addr]
/dev/[r]matcd[0-15][a|c]
/dev/[r]matcdl[0-15][a|c]
DESCRIPTION
The matcd driver controls the CR-562-x and CR-563-x CD-ROM drives made by
Matsushita-Kotobuki Electronics Industries, or Matsushita for short.
These CD-ROM drives have been sold under the Panasonic (which is a trade
name for Matsushita), Creative Labs (omniCD) and Reveal names, and have
been included in computers made by Tandy, AST, Packard Bell and many oth-
ers.
--
cheers, J"org
joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
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