Drivers

*** Release Notes for HIT-DVD.SYS Ver.1.00 ***

1. General

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

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

(1) SYNTAX

DEVICE = [x:][\dir\]HIT-DVD.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. Value 1 to 8 are valid.
If this switch is omitted, the driver will
search connected drives.

/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.

/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.

/B Use BIOS setting for data transfer.


3. Examples of installation

-- Using /N: and /T: switches together. This setting
will reduce the loading time of the device driver.

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

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

-- Default is automatic search for all drives connected.

DEVICE = HIT-DVD.SYS /D:MSCD001

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

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

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

-- Install maximum of 2 drives while auto searching.

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

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

-- Search beginning at /T:2 (2nd port and master).

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

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

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



The above specifications are subject to change.

Oct. 1, 1997
Hitachi, Ltd.

  Filename Size Readme O.S. Description
zip 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.
exe hitdvd.exe 49KB hitdvd.htm This is the ATAPI/DOS drivers for the Hitachi IDE DVD-ROM drives.
exe 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.
zip 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.
zip 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.

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