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From: bobml@mxmsd.msd.measurex.com (Bob LaGesse)
Subject: Device Driver for Philips LMS-CM206 CD-ROM
Message-ID: <1994Feb3.195813.6920@msd.measurex.com>
Keywords: CD-ROM, Driver
Sender: usenet@msd.measurex.com (USENET News System)
Reply-To: bobml@msd.measurex.com
Organization: Measurex Management Systems
Date: Thu, 3 Feb 1994 19:58:13 GMT
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I'm about ready to spend money on another new toy, this time a CD-ROM drive.

I've done some preliminary research and the Philips LMS-CM206 CD-ROM drive 
appears to be a good value (~$200.00, double-speed) but unfortunately, 
it has a proprietary AT-BUS card.  According to the Philips computer bulletin 
board there's a company called Free S/W Associates(?) which has a Unix device
driver available for it.  Their phone number is 011-49-69-634588 which I 
believe is in Germany.  Does anyone know anything about them?
Do they have an Internet address and if so could someone please give it to me?
Better yet, maybe they'll see this message and reply to me directly 8^)!

As always, any assistance is greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Bob LaGesse

P.S.  The reason I posted to the groups above is that the CD-ROM will be 
      running on both Free-BSD and UnixWare.  If it's only available on 
      one O.S. platform and I can get the sources, I would be willing to 
      do some driver hacking to get it ported to the other platform.

-- 
Bob LaGesse, Senior Engineer		    E-mail: bobml@msd.measurex.com
Measurex/Management Systems Division	    Voice: (513) 595-8909
1280 Kemper Meadow Drive		    Fax: (513) 825-5393
Cincinnati, Ohio 45240, USA