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Article #2995Re: Identity of CD-ROM Drive: CDAT-300iA ??
From: Sam Goldwasser
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 1998 00:00
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 1998 00:00
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Speaking of which I had the same problem with the ubiquitous (well, at that
time) Panasonic 2X - had to use a separate interface card.
Possibly totally killing all CD drivers and reinstalling would have helped.
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In article <6iaaum$oq9$1@news13.ispnews.com> "T Hakemack" <haksauto@fbtc.net> writes:
I just tried to install a 2x cdrom with a sony interface through a sound
card running Windows 95 and could'nt get it to work in anything but DOS
mode, and I had the right driver that came with it! If you're running Win95
good luck.
David Longley wrote in message <893876013snz@longley.demon.co.uk>...
>I have a 34 pin 2x CD ROM drive which is marked CD-AT300iA on the
>front, and, after peeking at the interface board, *may* be a
>SONY as a few of the chips are SONY. I could do with some help
>identifying what IO and IRQ it requires. I've tried it with a
>DSP16 sound card which has a 34 pin interface, but setting it up
>as deafult SONT, MITSUMI or PANASONIC doesn't seem to work. The
>drive flashes when connected on power up, so it's getting power
>OK.
>--
>David Longley
>
>Longley Consulting London,
UK
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10c6a1,ba2bf21ab4ceacf0 X-Google-Attributes: gid10c6a1,public X-Google-Thread: 1036bc,ba2bf21ab4ceacf0 X-Google-Attributes: gid1036bc,public X-Google-Thread: 1131b0,ba2bf21ab4ceacf0 X-Google-Attributes: gid1131b0,public From: sam@stdavids.picker.com (Sam Goldwasser) Subject: Re: Identity of CD-ROM Drive: CDAT-300iA ?? Date: 1998/04/30 Message-ID: <SAM.98Apr30151942@colossus.stdavids.picker.com> X-Deja-AN: 349144333 References: <893876013snz@longley.demon.co.uk> <6iaaum$oq9$1@news13.ispnews.com> Organization: OARnet Newsgroups: comp.periphs,demon.tech.pc,sci.electronics.repair