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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.erols.net!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!newsxfer2.itd.umich.edu!portc01.blue.aol.com!newsstand.cit.cornell.edu!news.acsu.buffalo.edu!news.drenet.dnd.ca!crc-news.doc.ca!nott!bcarh189.bnr.ca!bmerhc5e.bnr.ca!news From: Andrew Atrens <atrens@bnr.ca> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Need help installing HITACHI CDR-7730 ATAPI IDE CDROM. Date: Fri, 30 Aug 1996 11:48:49 -0400 Organization: Bell Northern Research Lines: 40 Message-ID: <32270D61.45B4@bnr.ca> References: <321DB514.672C@bnr.ca> <SCOTT.96Aug30154634@crux.dcs.qmw.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: bmerh278.bnr.ca Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0b5a (X11; I; HP-UX A.09.05 9000/712) Scott Mitchell wrote: > Does it work with a non-music CD-ROM? I would assume so based on the No it didn't. Apart from identifying itself to the driver it didn't seem to do much at all, so I punted it in favour of a similar NEC ATAPI drive, powered up the system, and now *everything* works. > output above. I've heard very few reports of any audio-CD tools > working with ATAPI drives. I can get mine to play using 'cdcontrol' > but that is all. I'm pleased to report that *all* audio tools I've tried work with this drive: workman, xmcd, xcd, cdcontrol, etc. > My preferred approach is to play music CDs on a real CD player, given > that the DACs in your average 70-quid CD-ROM drive are probably not > all that wonderful. Especially played through a Soundblaster and a > pair of overgrown headphones.... I would agree, and I do have quite a nice sound system for the house already. > If you are feeling enthusiastic you could contact the maintainers of > the ATAPI code and work with them to improve the driver. Or buy a I did, but before they could respond I followed up my request with a don't-worry-I-punted-the-drive-in-favour-of-one-that-works message. > SCSI drive and watch all your problems disappear... :) :) Perhaps. ;) Thanks for responding!! Cheers, Andrew. ( Opinions are my own, not Nortel's. )