Generic SCSI CD-ROM Drivers?

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From: Richard M. Hartman
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1993 21:36

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I am looking for CD-ROM drivers.  We have a SCSI CD-ROM driver that
originally came w/ a UNIX system, so does not have DOS drivers.  From
what I understand SCSI is *supposed* to make generic device drivers
possible, since you should no longer need to know specific I/O port
numbers or other device-controller-specific stuff to make a driver.

I realize that some CD-ROM drivers are built to work with their
controller cards, and those would require a device-specific driver.

If it matters, we are using Adaptec 1542-b SCSI cards (I think, it's
the 1500 series at least).

1) Does a generic SCSI CD-ROM driver exist, and where can I get it?
2) If one does NOT exist, why not?
3) Bonus points: is there a generic SCSI-tape backup program &/or
	SCSI-tape device driver available?  It would be really nice if
	a driver made a tape look like a WORM drive and we could just
	use xbackup or something....


-Richard Hartman
hartman@ulogic.COM

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Subject: Generic SCSI CD-ROM Drivers?
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Date: 6 Jan 93 21:36:08 GMT
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