Finally it's here, the long awaited Falcon CD ROM driver package.
Contents of the archive:
- Metados 2.3
- FALCON.BOS from Peter Hilbring
- SCSI_DRV.PRG from Peter Hilbring
- CD-ENV.TTP von Peter Hilbring
Short description of my files:
- FALCON.BOS
This is a Metados driver, it should run on all Ataris. Just replace the
CDARGEN.BOS driver (included in the Metados package). This can be done in
two ways:
1. Rename FALCON.BOS to CDARGEN.BOS
2. Change the driver entry in Metados's CONFIG.SYS file
Note that SCSI devices have the same number as on TT. SCSI 0 is device 8,
SCSI 1 is device 9 and so on. Unfortunately the driver doesn't work
correctly under MultiTOS. Programs can't be started from CD and text
files can't be displayed on the desktop. Copying files from CD to hard
disk works, though. The problems mentioned above appear only under
MiNT>1.04. The CDROM.XFS has similar problems.
The driver reports the following boot message:
"CDAR ASCI TT/F030 SCSI BOS v3.00 (p) Peter Hilbring"
- SCSI_DRV.PRG
This is a low-level SCSI driver which is running on Falcon and on TT. It
installs a cookie S_DR pointing to a table which contains the start
addresses of read and write routines. It's quite simple then to write
SCSI programs like an audio CD player, because you don't have to handle
the interface programming. The driver has to be copied in the AUTO folder
and runs on both TOS and MultiTOS. Its version number is 0.3.
- CD-ENV.TTP
A sample application for my SCSI driver. This program reads sectors from
SCSI devices (CD ROM also) and displays them on screen. In addition, it
can play audio CDs. Since it's only a test, it doesn't run under GEM.
Just run CD-ENV.TTP without parameters to get a short description. Of
course this program runs on both TOS and MultiTOS.