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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.questions:8570 comp.unix.sys5.r4:6428 comp.unix.unixware:1938 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!news.kei.com!news.byu.edu!news.provo.novell.com!toaster!kmahan From: kmahan@toaster.Utah.univel.COM (Kurt Mahan) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.unix.sys5.r4,comp.unix.unixware Subject: Re: Device Driver for Philips LMS-CM206 CD-ROM (repost) Date: 4 Feb 1994 22:09:49 GMT Organization: Univel Lines: 42 Sender: kmahan@toaster (Kurt Mahan) Distribution: world Message-ID: <2iuh3d$a96@bantu.provo.novell.com> References: <1994Feb3.201321.11419@msd.measurex.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: toaster.usg.sandy.novell.com Keywords: CD-ROM, Driver In article <1994Feb3.201321.11419@msd.measurex.com>, bobml@mxmsd.msd.measurex.com (Bob LaGesse) writes: |> |> 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^)! There IS a LMSI CM-205 driver in UnixWare 1.1... I wonder if the two drivers are compatible? (don't ask me -- I only tested with the cm-205...) |> |> 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. |> |> P.P.S. Please reply to me directly via E-Mail as our Usenet link has been |> a little bit erratic lately. |> |> -- |> 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 |> |> These are my own words and not necessarily those of Novell. Kurt Mahan kurt_mahan@novell.com