ABOUT FUTURE DOMAIN SCSI CD-ROM DEVICE DRIVER
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GENERAL PRODUCT OVERVIEW
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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
Please refer to Future Domain Compatible SCSI Embedded
Peripherals List.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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- 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)
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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) 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.
3) 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.
4) For compatibility with the Future Domain Fixed Disk Device
Driver (FDBIOS.SYS or FDDEVICE.SYS), load the disk device driver
before loading FDCD.SYS in the CONFIG.SYS file.
SUMMARY OF COMMAND LINE PARAMETERS
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DEVICE = FDCD.SYS /D:NAME [/F/R/T/Z/M/L/P]
where:
NAME is a 1 to 8 character device name
/F is to scan the drives in ascending SCSI ID
numbers
/R is to force a SCSI Bus Reset to occur before
driver initialization
/T is to force the use of the proprietary OEM
Tool Kit even if Future/CAM is available
/Z is to display the device driver size
/M is to mute the display on the screen
/L is to reserve one CD-ROM drive for
PCMCIA hot-plug support
/P is to reserve multiple CD-ROM drives for
PCMCIA hot-plug support
Note: /L and /P are mutually excluded.
TESTED SOFTWARE SUPPORT
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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 Atlas
- 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
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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
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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.
Download Driver Pack
After your driver has been downloaded, follow these simple steps to install it.
Expand the archive file (if the download file is in zip or rar format).
If the expanded file has an .exe extension, double click it and follow the installation instructions.
Otherwise, open Device Manager by right-clicking the Start menu and selecting Device Manager.
Find the device and model you want to update in the device list.
Double-click on it to open the Properties dialog box.
From the Properties dialog box, select the Driver tab.
Click the Update Driver button, then follow the instructions.
Very important: You must reboot your system to ensure that any driver updates have taken effect.
For more help, visit our Driver Support section for step-by-step videos on how to install drivers for every file type.