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Re: ATAPI CD-ROM connecting to sound card



What he meant was connecting the CD-ROM to the sound card's IDE controller
NOT the HD. I have the Creative SB-AWE32 and it has both SBCD && IDE/ATAPI
interfaces (and indeed I put my x8 Octeck CD on the AWE-IDE/ATAPI
interface).

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On Tue, 11 Jun 1996, Shay Rojansky wrote:

> > 1) Must support ATAPI-IDE (Gold-Star 4x 540b model).
> > 2) Preferably 16-bit sound.
> > 
> > My system: 486DX, 8MB, with VESA Multi I/O card, with a SINGLE IDE controller.
> > Because I have TWO Hard Disks, I can't use them together with the
> > CD-ROM, so I MUST be able to use the CD on the sound card controller.
> 
> I have never heard of a sound card with IDE/ATAPI. That would be very
> silly - connecting your hard drive to your sound card? Personally, I
> have a Sound Blaster PRO with the proprietary Panasonic/Matsushita interface
> (sbpcd). While this interface is outdated, and I'm not sure if you can
> find CD-ROMs with it, my single-speed (!) works great under Linux.
> 
> Try to see if you can have two IDE controllers. There may be nice controller
> cards out there that allow you to configure their IRQs, etc.
> 
> Shay Rojansky
> 


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