FUTURE DOMAIN CORPORATION
		      		FDU-CD
                   CD-ROM Device Driver Version 2.20


I. GENERAL PRODUCT OVERVIEW:

    1) Product description:

        The FDU-CD CD-ROM device driver program is to be used with
        Future Domain SCSI Host adapters 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 adapters) on the
	PC, PC/XT, PC/AT and Micro Channel Architecture (PS/2) environments.

    2) Table of supported CD-ROM drives:

        MANUFACTURE     MODEL NUMBERS
        -----------     ----------------------------------
         Chinon          CDX-431
         Denon           DRD-253
         Hitachi         CDR-3650U, CDR-1750S
         LMSI            CM-131, CM-214
         NEC             CDR-35, CDR-36, CDR-72, CDR-73, CDR-80, CDR-83
         Panasonic       CR-501, LK-MC501
         Pioneer         DRM-600/610
         Sony            CDU-541, CDU-6110, CDU-6111, CDU-6211,
			 CDU-7211
         Texel           DM-3020, DM-3021 DM-3120, DM-5020, DM-5021, DM-5120
         Toshiba         XME-2100A, XME-3100A, XME-3201B, XME-3301TA,
			 XME-5100A

       NOTE: The Denon CD-ROM drive is supported only on our TMC-8xx (8-bit)
	     adapters.  When used with our TMC-16xx (16-bit) adapters, DOS
	     will not be able to recognize media changes.

II. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:

        - Minimum 512KB of System Memory needed by INSTALL program.
            (This amount of memory is required by the automatic installation 
            program - INSTALL.EXE.  Refer to "Manual Installation" in the
            CD-ROM device driver Installation Manual Guide, if you cannot
            run the automatic installation program.)

        - MS or PC DOS Version 3.x - 5.0x.

        - MS DOS Extensions Version 2.20 (may be included)

        - A Hard Disk Drive. (Optional)
            (Not necessary for device driver or host adapter but
            may be necessary for some CD-ROM application programs.)
        

III. CHANGES FROM PREVIOUS RELEASE:
                
    1) Additional drives added:

        MANUFACTURE     MODEL NUMBERS
        -----------     ----------------------------------
         LMSI            CM-214
         NEC             CDR-36, CDR-73, CDR-83
         Poineer         DRM-600/610

    2) Changes were made to the driver to provide support for the Microsoft
       Multimedia Extensions V1.0.


IV. INSTALL/TECH TIPS:

    1) Quick tips:

        a) New command line parameter - /I
             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

        b) Denon DRD-253 DIP switch settings.
             You must set the DIP switches appropriately for the drive to use
             2048 bytes per sector.  This is done by setting switches SW4 and
             SW5 to the ON (down) position.

        c) 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.

        d) You can remove the BIOS chip on our SCSI controller if there
           are no fixed drives attached.  This will allow the system to
           boot-up much more quickly since the SCSI bus is not scanned
           by the BIOS upon boot-up.
  
    2) The following Software has been thoroughly tested with the
       supported drives:
        
         DISCOVERY SYSTEMS:
                - Sampler
         MICROSOFT:
                - TESTDRV.EXE (CD-ROM device driver test program)
		- CDSPEED.EXE (CD-ROM Data Streaming Transfer Rate Test V1.00a)
		- Windows 3.0 with Multimedia extensions V1.0
                - BookShelf
                - Programmer's Library
                - Musicbox with a variety of audio discs
         NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY:
                - Mammals: A Multimedia Encyclopedia
         SIERRA ONLINE:
                - Mother Goose
         SOFTWARE TOOLWORKS
                - CD GAME PACK
                - ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPEDIA
                - US ATLAS
                - WORLD ATLAS

       NOTE: The driver will work under Windows 3.0 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.

    3) Limitations:

	a) The following drives do not support Audio Channel Manipulation:
	
	     - NEC CDR-35 (supports stereo & mute mode)
             - Sony CDU-6111-01 (supports stereo mode only)
	     

V. TECHNICAL SUPPORT:

        To contact our Technical Support Department please call :
 
                Future Domain Corporation
                2801 McGaw Ave.
                Irvine, Ca. 92714
                TS HOTLINE #: (714) 253-0440
                FAX HOTLINE #: (714) 253-0429

                Monday - Friday, 8am - 5pm PST.