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Date:      Mon, 11 Sep 1995 20:15:33 -0700
From:      "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
To:        uhclem%nemesis@fw.ast.com (Frank Durda IV)
Cc:        doc@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: The Panasonic CR-52x drives 
Message-ID:  <860.810875733@time.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 11 Sep 1995 20:36:00 CDT." <m0ssKGp-0004w7C@nemesis.lonestar.org> 

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>The 522/523 are not IDE drives.   They use the proprietary Panasonic/Creative
>interface.  The 522/523 drives are also incompatible with the driver
>2.0.5 provides for the 562/563 drives.  The 562/563 no-caddy/double-speed
>drives superceded the 522/523 caddy-based/single-speed model.
>
>When Matsushita came out with the 562/563 in 1993, they changed the command
>sets, so the two designs are not compatible.   
>
>So, currently there is no support under FreeBSD for the 522/523 drives.

Ah, thank you!

[Docs:] Hmmmm.  I smell hardware FAQ material here.. :-) Who's the
current compiler of the hardware FAQ?  I know at least three people
have volunteered at various times, but that doesn't mean that all this
hardware info isn't just dropping on the floor, either.. :-)

						Jordan



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