
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 

	 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

	 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) List of Drives Supporting Photo-CD

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

	    

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) 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 
	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.

    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 Fixed Disk Device
	Driver (FDBIOS.SYS or FDDEVICE.SYS0, load the disk device 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.


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 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.


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.

