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- ***** Hitachi CD-ROM device driver for MS-DOS CD ROM Extensions *****
-
- This document contains information related to "Hitachi CD-ROM device driver".
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- 1. INSTALL
- To install your CD-ROM drive for use with MS-DOS, you need that you
- register the "Hitachi CD-ROM device driver" (File name : HITACHI.SYS)
- on your "CONFIG.SYS" file.
-
- In "CONFIG.SYS" file, you need to set entries for the device drivers.
- The entry will read:
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- DEVICE = <driver.sys> /D:<device name> /N:<number> /P:<address>
-
- The name of the device driver, <driver.sys>, will be replaced by a
- full path name of the device driver that is being installed. This
- will include the driver letter ( A:, B:, C: .... etc. ) of the
- bootable drive followed by the pathname of the device driver if the
- device driver was installed in a subdirectory. If the above
- directions were followed, then the device driver will be located in
- the root directory. For example, on a hard disk system that boots
- off drive C, a sample entry might read:
-
- DEVICE = C:\HITACHI.SYS /D:CDROM1 /N:1
-
- The next parameter /D:<device name> is the name that MSCDEX will use
- to find the device driver. When the device driver is installed,
- this name what will be used by the device driver to name itself.
- Every installed device driver must have a unique name. In addition,
- due to the way that MS-DOS handles file opening, if there is a
- device driver with the same name as a file in a directory, then a
- file open call on that name will open a handle to the device driver
- and not to the file. For this reason, you will want to choose a
- <device name> that will not likely be chosen as a file name letter.
-
-
- The next parameter /N:<number> specifies the number of CD-ROM drives
- that you want to use and is connected to a controller card. As the
- device driver "HITACHI.SYS" supports a maximum of 4 drives, the range
- of <number> must be from 1 to 4.
-
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- The last parameter /P:<address> specifies the address of the
- controller card that you want to use. This parameter is optional.
- The range <address> must be 200, 220, 240, 260, 300, 320, 340 or 360.
- If this parameter is omitted or has an invalid value, the device
- driver will use the value 300 as the address of controller card. In
- addition, if you choose other than 300 for this switch, you need the
- address changeable controller card.
-
- For example, on a hard disk system that boots off drive C and use
- two CD-ROM drives, the device driver is located in C:,
-
- DEVICE = C:\HITACHI.SYS D:MSCD001 /N:2 /P:300
-
- If you use more than 4 drives, you need two controller cards whose
- addresses are different from each other and you register them in the
- "CONFIG.SYS" file. For example, to use 6 drives,
-
- DEVICE = C:\HITACHI.SYS /D:MSCD001 /N:4
- DEVICE = C:\HITACHI.SYS /D:MSCD002 /N:2 /P:200
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- A sample of "CONFIG.SYS" is included in this floppy disk.
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- 2. SPECIFICATIONS
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- 1) control maximum 4 drives
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- 2) support address of controller card
- valid address : 200h, 220h, 240h, 260h, 300h, 320h, 340h, 360h
- default : 300h ( use I/O address 300h to 30Fh )
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- 3) play audio (output mode = Stereo, L-ch only, R-ch only, nothing)
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- 4) support door lock/unlock and eject
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