
		       FUTURE DOMAIN CORPORATION

		       SCSI CD-ROM Device Driver 


I. GENERAL PRODUCT OVERVIEW:

    1) Product description:

	 The Future Domain SCSI CD-ROM device driver is to be used with
	 Future Domain SCSI Host controllers 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 controllers) on the
	 PC, PC/XT, PC/AT and Micro Channel Architecture (PS/2) environments.
	 Photo-CD is supported on drives as noted in section 3.

    2) Table of supported CD-ROM drives on 8 and 16 bit controllers:

	 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, CDROM III

	 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) Table of Drives supporting Photo-CD:

	DRIVE VENDOR     MODEL NUMBERS     SINGLE/MULTI-SESSION
	------------     -------------     --------------------
         CHINON          CDS-535           Single/Multi-session
     
	 GOLDSTAR        GCD-R300B         Single/Multi-session

         IBM             CDROM III         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

	    

II. 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 - 6.0x.

	- CD-ROM Extensions 

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


III. 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 8.00, you must
	take one of the following actions:

	a) Upgrade the BIOS.
	b) Load the DOS CAM loadable driver. (DCAM950.EXE or DCAM18XX.EXE)
	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 3.00 or 8.00 BIOS.

    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 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.

    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 FDDEVICE.SYS device
	driver, load the FDDEVICE.SYS 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.


IV. 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.


V. 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)


VI. CUSTOMER SUPPORT:

	To contact our Customer Support Department please call :

		Future Domain Corporation
		2801 McGaw Ave.
		Irvine, Ca. 92714

		Telephone #: (714) 253-0440
		Fax #:       (714) 253-0429

		Monday - Friday, 8am - 5pm PST.

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