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 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 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) List of Drives Supporting Photo-CD DRIVE VENDOR MODEL NUMBERS 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-74-1/84-1 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 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) 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 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. 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 Fixed Disk Device Driver (FDBIOS.SYS or FDDEVICE.SYS0, load the disk device 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. 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. 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.