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schoellhorn@booze.enet.dec.com (Klaus Schoellhorn) writes:

>Yeah, I just had the same problem this weekend.  I have a DAK BSR cdrom (
>>sony) that worked on dos, but OS/2 doesn't want to recognize it.

>I've a MATSUSHITA SCSI CD-ROM 54XX , AHA1542B.
>Try to patch the cdrom.sys for your manufacture  Id e.g. SONY,
>Include in your config.sys
>basedev=os2scsi.dmd
>device=patched_cdrom.sys
>after 
>basedev=aha154x.add

>Perhaps it'll work.

>My CD-ROM is visible and accessible in a  DOS-BOX and OS/2.

>But anyway the actual mscdex does not work in a dos box. 
>( Incorrect dos version, you'll know why)
>But i think the mscdex is required for audio capability only, because the 
>drive appears as a CD-ROM drive in the system.

This patch only works for SCSI CD-ROM drives. The Sony drive from DAK
uses a "Sony bus" not SCSI.

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