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*** Release Notes for HIT-IDE.SYS Ver.1.06d3 ***

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. 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-IDE.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-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.

-- 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).

-- 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 /N:1 /T:2 /S:170

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



4. History
Ver.1.06 --> 1.06a
- support multi-block read to improve CPU Utilization.

Ver.1.06a --> 1.06d
- improve auto-search sequence at booting.
- fixed bug of handling of some multi-session discs.

Ver.1.06d --> 1.06d2
- improve data transfer speed on Triton-2 PC.
support PIIX and PIIX3(PCI IDE chips).
Ver.1.06d2--> 1.06d3
- improve data transfer speed on Triton-TX PC.
support PIIX/PIIX3/PIIX4(PCI IDE chips).

The above specifications are subject to change.

Aug. 5, 1997
Hitachi, 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.