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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
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Subject: Re: Creative CDROM
Date: 20 Jul 1996 19:29:20 GMT
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psonnek@skypoint.com (Patrick Sonnek) wrote:

> I have just freed up a Creative Labs 2X CDROM drive.  I cannot find out 
> how to gen this device to work with FreeBSD.  This is the drive that can 
> connect either to the Soundblaster card, or it's own interface.  Can 
> someone help me configure my kernel to support this device?

MATCD(4)                  FreeBSD Programmer's Manual                 MATCD(4)

NAME
     matcd - Matsushita (Panasonic) CD-ROM driver

SYNOPSIS
     controller matcd[0-4] at isa? port [?| addr]
     /dev/[r]matcd[0-15][a|c]
     /dev/[r]matcdl[0-15][a|c]

DESCRIPTION
     The matcd driver controls the CR-562-x and CR-563-x CD-ROM drives made by
     Matsushita-Kotobuki Electronics Industries, or Matsushita for short.
     These CD-ROM drives have been sold under the Panasonic (which is a trade
     name for Matsushita), Creative Labs (omniCD) and Reveal names, and have
     been included in computers made by Tandy, AST, Packard Bell and many oth-
     ers.

-- 
cheers, J"org

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