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*** Release Notes for HIT-IDE.SYS Ver.1.06d2 ***

1. General

HIT-IDE.SYS is the device driver for DOS CD-ROM Extensions that supports
ATAPI CD-ROM drives.

2. Command line switches of 'HIT-IDE.SYS'

(1) SYNTAX

DEVICE = [x:][\dir\]HIT-IDE.SYS /D:(device name) [/N:(number of drives)]
[/T:(drive type)] [/S:(base I/O address)] [/V]

(2) Meaning of switches

/D:(device name) Specifies "Device Name".

/N:(number of drives) Specifies number of drives to be supported
by this driver. Values 1 to 8 are valid.
If this switch is omitted, the driver will
search for all connected drives.

NOTE: To speed the booting process, use
/N:1 if you only have one drive connected.
The search will stop after the first drive
is found.

/T:(drive type) Specifies the first drive type to begin to
support.
Definition of drive types are as follows:

/T: base I/O address master/slave
---------------------------------------------
0 1F0h(primary port) master
1 1F0h(primary port) slave
2 170h(2nd port) master
3 170h(2nd port) slave
4 1E8h(3rd port) master
5 1E8h(3rd port) slave
6 168h(4th port) master
7 168h(4th port) slave

If this switch is omitted, it is the same as
/T:0.

NOTE: To speed the booting process, use
/T:1 if you know your drive is connected
to the primary slave. Use /T:2 if your
drive is connected to the secondary master.
The search will start at this number and
continue until /N:(number of drives) are
found.

/S:(base I/O address) Change IRQ number to the specified base I/O
address.

base I/O IRQ No.
address without /S: with /S:
(default) (alternate)
----------------------------------------------
170h 15 10
1E8h 12 11
168h 10 9
(1F0h) (14) (14)

/V Display installation information.

NOTE: Use the /V option to show you where
your drive(s) are connected. Then you can
use the /T: and /N: options to speed your
booting process in the future.

3. Examples of installation

-- Default is automatic search for all drives connected.

DEVICE = HIT-IDE.SYS /D:MSCD001

-- Install all drives connected to primary, 2nd, 3rd & 4th.

-- Using /N: switch to limit the maximum number of drives.

DEVICE = HIT-IDE.SYS /D:MSCD001 /N:2

-- Install maximum of 2 drives while auto searching,
beginning the search with Primary Master.

-- Using /T: switch to change the start of automatic search.

DEVICE = HIT-IDE.SYS /D:MSCD001 /T:2

-- Search beginning at /T:2 (2nd port and master). Continue
searching through /T:7.

-- Using /N: and /T: switches together.

DEVICE = HIT-IDE.SYS /D:MSCD001 /T:2 /N:2

-- Search beginning at /T:2 installing maximum 2 drives.

-- A single drive is connected to Primary Slave.

DEVICE = HIT-IDE.SYS /D:MSCD001 /T:1 /N:1

-- Search beginning at /T:1 installing only 1 drive.

-- A single drive is connected to Secondary Master.

DEVICE = HIT-IDE.SYS /D:MSCD001 /T:2 /N:1

-- Search beginning at /T:2 installing only 1 drive.

-- Using /S: switch to use alternate IRQ numbers.

DEVICE = HIT-IDE.SYS /D:MSCD001 /S:170,168

-- Auto search all drives using alternate IRQ numbers
for 170 (IRQ 10) and for 168 (IRQ 9). Use default
IRQ numbers for others (1F0 IRQ 14; 1E8 IRQ 12).

-- Using all switches together.

DEVICE = HIT-IDE.SYS /D:MSCD001 /T:2 /N:1 /S:170

-- Install only 1 drive starting search at 2nd port master.
Use alternate IRQ of 10 for 170.


4. For Windows 95

If you are using one of our IDE CD-ROM drives on a DOS/Windows 3.x system
and you upgrade your system with Windows 95, Windows 95 will automatically
upgrade your system appropriately and the drive will work well.

If you are using Windows 95 and then adding one our IDE CD-ROM drives,
please run the "CDSETUP.EXE" program from the installation disk for the
drive under Windows 95 and restart your system. After this, the drive
will work well.



The above specifications are subject to change.

May 10, 1996
Hitachi America, Ltd.

	Filename	Size	Readme	O.S.	Description
	hitachi.zip	37KB	hitachi.htm		These are the OS/2 2.x drivers for these Hitachi CD-ROMs: External: CDR1503S,CDR1700S,CDR1900S Internal: CDR3500,CDR3600,CDR3700,CDR6700 Amdek Drives: LD-1, LD-2 Note: The .TXT files have excellent technical information on many of the older Hitachi CD-ROMs.
	hitdvd.exe	49KB	hitdvd.htm		This is the ATAPI/DOS drivers for the Hitachi IDE DVD-ROM drives.
	hitide_2.exe	49KB	hitide_2.htm		This is the ATAPI/DOS driver v1.06d2 for these Hitachi E-IDE CD-ROMs: CDR-7730 /7930/ 8130/ 8330/ 8335/ 8430.
	hitide_3.zip	11KB	hitide_3.htm		This is the updated ATAPI/DOS driver v1.06d3 for these Hitachi E-IDE CD-ROMs:CDR-7730/7930/8130/8330/8335/8430.
	hit_bus.zip	75KB			This is the DOS drivers (and MS Word documentation file) for these Hitachi buscard CD-ROMs: CDR-1503s/ 1600s/ 1700s/ 1900s/ 3600s/ 3700/ 6700s.