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Date:      Wed, 4 Feb 1998 08:46:21 -0500 (EST)
From:      Jamie Bowden <jamie@itribe.net>
To:        Dennis Tenn <dstenn@fanfic.org>
Cc:        Adam McDougall <mcdougall@ameritech.net>, multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: getting a matcdc0 to detect
Message-ID:  <199802041345.IAA22142@gatekeeper.itribe.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980204064106.322G-100000@fanfic.org>

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On Wed, 4 Feb 1998, Dennis Tenn wrote:

> On Wed, 4 Feb 1998, Adam McDougall wrote:
> 
> | Hello, someone gave me a 4x cdrom with a panasonic interface for free,
> | and my sb16 model CT2300(something) has a panasonic connector, so I went
> | about trying to get it to work.  so far, no luck. I have no idea what
> | port the panasonic connector is supposed to use, and my cdrom is a Teac
> | 4x model CD55A.  According to the price tag, someone payed $209 for it
> | way back when :)
> | 
> | Strange thing is, is during when the kernel probes for it, the drive's
> | light comes on, and it seems to try to make activity, but still doesnt
> | detect.  Someone clued me in that the port may be 0x340 and I have tried
> | that but still no go.  I also tried isa? port?  in the kernel conf file
> | but it still doesnt probe.  there are four jumpers on the cdrom, and I
> | belueve they are for a device id of some kind.  appearently ther
> | panasonic interface allowed daisy chaining of up to 4 devices.  the
> | jumper was on #2 when I got it, and I have tried with all four, one at a
> | time.  I also have matcdc0 thru 3 in the conf file just incase.
> | 
> | A standard 40 pin ide cable is what im using to connect it to the
> | panasonic interface on my sb16.
> | 
> | Any ideas?   Thanks in advance.
> 
> If the soundcard is your check the manual and see what port is actually
> being used.  You may need to use a DOS utility to detect/set the port
> address.

If he's got an SB16, it's 10 over the base hex address, ie if the card is
at 0x220, the cdrom controller is at 0x230.

-- 
Jamie Bowden
Systems Administrator, iTRiBE.net

If we've got to fight over grep, sign me up.  But boggle can go.
	-Ted Faber (on Hasbro's request for removal of /usr/games/boggle)




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