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Re: ATAPI CD-ROM connecting to sound card





Hi, Again - If you misunderstood me (I notice I used here instead of
hear, and other mistakes) - 

I'll clarify:

I wish to connect my ATAPI CD-ROM to the
sound card, and connect the two hard drives normaly to my ide0
controller. i.e.: /dev/hda - Hard drive 0,
                  /dev/hdb - Hard drive 1,
                  /dev/hdc - ATAPI CD-ROM - connected to sound card's
                             ide port.

(I've just saw Ira's mail - he got me right).

Regards,
	Yossi A.

>>>>> "Shay" == Shay Rojansky <roji@cs.huji.ac.il> writes:

    >> 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.

    Shay> I have never heard of a sound card with IDE/ATAPI. That would be very
    Shay> silly - connecting your hard drive to your sound card? Personally, I
    Shay> have a Sound Blaster PRO with the proprietary Panasonic/Matsushita interface
    Shay> (sbpcd). While this interface is outdated, and I'm not sure if you can
    Shay> find CD-ROMs with it, my single-speed (!) works great under Linux.

    Shay> Try to see if you can have two IDE controllers. There may be nice controller
    Shay> cards out there that allow you to configure their IRQs, etc.

    Shay> Shay Rojansky


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