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FUTURE DOMAIN CORPORATION
SCSI CD-ROM Device Driver
I. GENERAL PRODUCT OVERVIEW:
1) Product description:
The Future Domain SCSI CD-ROM device driver is to be used with
Future Domain SCSI Host controllers to support one or more CD-ROM
drives on a DOS-based host system. The device driver can support
from 1 to 24 CD-ROM drives (via up to 4 SCSI controllers) on the
PC, PC/XT, PC/AT and Micro Channel Architecture (PS/2) environments.
Photo-CD is supported on drives as noted in section 3.
2) Table of supported CD-ROM drives on 8 and 16 bit controllers:
DRIVE MAKE DRIVE MODEL NUMBERS
------------ ----------------------------------
CHINON CDX-435 CDS-435, CDC-435, CDS-535
GOLDSTAR GCD-R300B
HITACHI CDR-1750S, CDR-3650, CDR-3750
IBM CDROM I, CDROM II, CDROM III
LMSI CM-214, CM-215
NEC CDR-25, CDR-38, CDR-55JD, CDR-72,
CDR-73, CDR-74, CDR-83, CDR-84,
CDR-74-1, CDR-84-1
(M-series are also supported)
PANASONIC CR-301, CR-501, CR-532, CR-533
PHILIPS CM-405, CM-425
PIONEER DRM-600
SONY CDU-541, CDU-561, CDU-6110, CDU-6111,
CDU-6211,CDU-7211
TEAC CD-50
TEXEL DM-3024, DM-5024, DM-3028, DM-5028
TOSHIBA XME-3201B, XME-3301TA, XME-3401B
This CD-ROM driver will support any SCSI-2 CD-ROM drive that
conforms to the SONY-561 specifications.
3) Table of Drives supporting Photo-CD:
DRIVE VENDOR MODEL NUMBERS SINGLE/MULTI-SESSION
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CHINON CDS-535 Single/Multi-session
GOLDSTAR GCD-R300B Single/Multi-session
IBM CDROM III Single/Multi-session
LMSI CM-215 Single/Multi-session
NEC CDR-25 Single-session
CDR-84 Single-session
CDR-38 Single/Multi-session
CDR-55JD Single/Multi-session
CDR-74-1/84-1 Single/Multi-session
PANASONIC CR-532 Single-session
CR-533 Single/Multi-session
PHILIPS CM-405/425 Single/Multi-session
SONY CDU-541 Single-session
CDU-561 Single/Multi-session
TEAC CD-50 Single/Multi-session
TEXEL DM-3024/5024 Single/Multi-session
DM-3028/5028 Single/Multi-session
TOSHIBA XME-3301TA Single/Multi-session
XME-3401B Single/Multi-session
II. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
- PC/AT or MCA computer system with at least 2 MB memory to
run Windows 3.1.
- MS or PC DOS Version 3.x - 6.0x.
- CD-ROM Extensions
- A Hard Disk Drive. (Optional)
(Not necessary for device driver or host controller but
may be necessary for some CD-ROM application programs.)
III. INSTALL/TECH TIPS (READ BEFORE INSTALLATION):
1) IMPORTANT - If the CD-ROM device(s) is attached to a Future Domain
SCSI controller which contains a BIOS Version 3.00 or 8.00, you must
take one of the following actions:
a) Upgrade the BIOS.
b) Load the DOS CAM loadable driver. (DCAM950.EXE or DCAM18XX.EXE)
c) Use the '/T' command line parameter to force the CD-ROM device
driver to talk directly to the SCSI controller.
usage: DEVICE=C:\DEV\FDCD.SYS /D:MSCD000 /T
NOTE: The '/T' parameter must only be used with SCSI controllers
that contain the 3.00 or 8.00 BIOS.
2) Command line parameter '/I' (controls Disk Change status)
If this switch is not specified, the driver will not return an
"Invalid Disc Change" error if the SAME disc is reinserted into
the drive. This may cause a problem if two different disc's
having the same volume size are being used.
If you are experiencing this problem, specifying the /I switch
will force the driver to always return an "Invalid Disc Change"
error anytime a disc is changed. (SAME or DIFFERENT disc)
usage: DEVICE=C:\DEV\FDCD.SYS /D:MSCD000 /I
3) LASTDRIVE = Z in the CONFIG.SYS file.
The install program will default to using drive letter 'Z'.
This drive letter should be changed so that DOS does not reserve
more drive letters than are necessary.
example: If you have one fixed drive with two partitions using
drive letter C & D and one CD-ROM drive using drive
letter E, set LASTDRIVE to E (LASTDRIVE = E). This is
very important for Network users so that drive letters
will be available to access Network drives as in a
Novell environment.
4) You can remove the BIOS chip on the Future Domain SCSI controller
if there are no fixed drives attached. This will allow the system
to boot-up much more quickly since the SCSI bus will not be scanned
by the BIOS upon boot-up.
5) For compatibility with the Future Domain FDDEVICE.SYS device
driver, load the FDDEVICE.SYS driver before loading FDCD.SYS
in the CONFIG.SYS file.
6) The /F driver paramater can be used to force the scanning of the
SCSI devices in ascending order. The default is descending
order, i.e., from ID 6 to 0.
IV. TESTED SOFTWARE SUPPORT:
Microsoft:
- TESTDRV.EXE (CD-ROM device driver test program)
- CDSPEED.EXE (CD-ROM Data Streaming Transfer Rate Test)
- Windows 3.0 with Multimedia extensions V1.0
- Windows 3.1
- BookShelf
- Programmer's Library
- Musicbox with a variety of audio discs
- Multimedia Beethoven
National Geographic Society:
- Mammals: A Multimedia Encyclopedia
- The Presidents
Sierra Online:
- Mother Goose
Software Toolworks:
- CD Game Pack
- Illustrated Encyclopedia
- US Atals
- World Atlas
NOTE: The CD-ROM device driver will work under Windows 3.0/3.1 in REAL,
STANDARD and ENHANCED mode. Depending on the application being
used, you may be limited to using REAL mode. Contact the
manufacture of the application for compatibility under Windows.
V. LIMITATIONS:
1) The following drives do not support Audio Channel Manipulation:
- Sony CDU-6110 (does not support audio)
- Sony CDU-6111 (supports stereo mode only)
VI. CUSTOMER SUPPORT:
To contact our Customer Support Department please call :
Future Domain Corporation
2801 McGaw Ave.
Irvine, Ca. 92714
Telephone #: (714) 253-0440
Fax #: (714) 253-0429
Monday - Friday, 8am - 5pm PST.