ABOUT FUTURE DOMAIN SCSI CD-ROM DEVICE DRIVER ============================================= GENERAL PRODUCT OVERVIEW ------------------------ 1) Product Description The Future Domain SCSI CD-ROM device driver is to be used with Future Domain SCSI controllers to support one or more CD-ROM drives on either a DOS or Windows Operating Systems. The device driver can support from 1 to 24 CD-ROM drives. 2) List of Supported SCSI CD-ROM Drives MAKE MODEL NUMBER ---- ------------ CHINON CDX-435 CDS-435 CDC-435 CDS-535 GOLDSTAR GCD-R300B HITACHI CDR-1750S CDR-3650 CDR-3750 IBM CDROM I CDROM II 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 CDR-400 CDR-500 CDR-600 PANASONIC CR-301 CR-501 CR-532 CR-533 PHILIPS CM-405 CM-425 PIONEER DRM-600 DRM-604X 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) List of Drives Supporting Photo-CD MAKE MODEL NUMBER SINGLE/MULTI-SESSION ---- ------------ -------------------- CHINON CDS-535 Single/Multi-session GOLDSTAR GCD-R300B 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 Single/Multi-session CDR-84-1 Single/Multi-session CDR-400 Single/Multi-session CDR-500 Single/Multi-session CDR-600 Single/Multi-session PANASONIC CR-532 Single-session CR-533 Single/Multi-session PHILIPS CM-405 Single/Multi-session CM-425 Single/Multi-session SONY CDU-541 Single-session CDU-561 Single/Multi-session TEAC CD-50 Single/Multi-session TEXEL DM-3024 Single/Multi-session DM-5024 Single/Multi-session DM-3028 Single/Multi-session DM-5028 Single/Multi-session TOSHIBA XME-3301TA Single/Multi-session XME-3401B Single/Multi-session 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 or later - CD-ROM Extensions - A Hard Disk Drive (Optional) (Not necessary for device driver or SCSI controller but may be necessary for some CD-ROM application programs.) 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 prior for 16-bit controllers or version 8.00 or prior for 8-bit controllers, you must take one of the following actions: a) Upgrade the BIOS. b) Load the appropriate DOS CAM loadable driver. 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 BIOS versions 3.00 or 8.00 or prior. 2) LASTDRIVE = Z If you are getting invalid drive letters for your CD-ROM drives add the above line to your CONFIG.SYS file. To avoid having DOS reserving more drive letters than you need, change the letter Z to the last drive letter that your system needs. For 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. 3) 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. 4) For compatibility with the Future Domain Fixed Disk Device Driver (FDBIOS.SYS or FDDEVICE.SYS), load the disk device driver before loading FDCD.SYS in the CONFIG.SYS file. SUMMARY OF COMMAND LINE PARAMETERS ---------------------------------- DEVICE = FDCD.SYS /D:NAME [/F/R/T/Z] where: NAME is a 1 to 8 character device name /F is to scan the drives in ascending SCSI ID numbers /R is to force a SCSI Bus Reset to occur before driver initialization /T is to force the use of the proprietary OEM Tool Kit even if Future/CAM is available /Z is to display the device driver size 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 Atlas - 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. 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) CUSTOMER SUPPORT ---------------- To contact our Customer Support Department please call : Future Domain Corporation 2801 McGaw Ave. Irvine, Ca. 92714 Phone #: (714) 253-0440 Fax #: (714) 253-0429 Monday - Friday, 8am - 5pm PST.