Enable ejectbutton. AmiCDROM

Information in this page updated: 29 Sep 95


Author:
Stefan Le Breton slbrbbbh@sp.zrz.TU-Berlin.de
Version:
?
Software type:
?
Purpose:
MOff simply sends a TD_MOTOR off message to given device and unit.
Drives know to work with it:
?
Other software required:
?
Other hardware required:
CD ROM Drive
Sources included:
No
File in ftp.luth.se:
MOff.lha

.readme file from aminet/disk/cdrom

Short:    Enable ejectbutton. AmiCDROM
Author:   slbrbbbh@sp.zrz.TU-Berlin.de
Uploader: slbrbbbh@sp.zrz.TU-Berlin.de (Stefan Le Breton)

AmiCDROM with a GVP Hostadapter cause a problem:

You can't eject your CD.

Why?

omniscsi.device (or gvpscsi.device) does only allow an eject, if it is secure.
This means, the motor was turned off (TD_MOTOR). This is not possible with
mechanic eject, but with a motordriven eject, this is possible.
AmiCDROM doesn't care about TD_MOTOR, so ejecting is not possible.

MOff simply sends a TD_MOTOR off message to given device and unit.
TD_EJECT is also sent, but this is not (yet) supported by (omni|gvp)scsi.device.

Example:

MOff omniscsi.device 4

this enables eject for my CD-ROM.


StElb


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