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- From: smp@myamiga.mixcom.com (Steve Palm)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Distribution: world
- Subject: Re: Mitsumi CDROM support
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- References: <BxxIow.2Jy@ra.nrl.navy.mil>
- Message-ID: <9211181206@myamiga.mixcom.com>
- Organization: Proud Linux Site, Milwaukee WI
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 92 19:56:38 +0100
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- eric@tantalus.nrl.navy.mil (Eric Youngdale) writes:
- : In article <Bxx8DE.HH3@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> wilker@hopf.math.purdue.edu (Clarence Wilkerson) writes:
- : >I just got a Radio Shack CDROM because it was cheap ($200). It seems to
- : >be a mitsumi, at the driver software has MITSUMI in it. The
- : >interface is a very plain card that looks like it just has a couple of
- : >i/o ports on it. It's not scsi. Does anyone have more documentation on
- : >the interface, or source code for drivers?
- :
- : Not that I know of. As I understand it, this is a proprietary
- : interface of one kind or another. If someone could figure out the details, it
- : might not be that hard to add a linux driver, but for now you will be limited
- : to DOS.
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- Obviously none of my posts on the subject made it out to the net... :)
- I've never gotten a reply on the same question.
-
- What sort of information would be needed? Hell, I'd be happy if I could
- just start an audio CD while in Linux. :)
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- Steven M. Palm
- smp@myamiga.mixcom.com (LINUX SITE)
- Milwaukee, WI
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