
   "Daisy" - chaining the Mitsumi Internal CD-ROM
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   (c)1993 Chuck Saylor - Sysop
   COMM-LINK BBS  812-591-2353  14,400 v32/42
   PO Box 438  Westport, In  47283-0438

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   This information "should" work on any "clone" of this CD-ROM drive.
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   All companies and/or copyrights referred to in this document are
   hereby acknowledged. (I didn't have a list of addresses handy).

   Disclaimer:
   I accept NO responsibility for any damages that may result from the
   use of this information. It works on my system, I hope it works as
   easily on yours. Use this at your own risk.

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   This document and it's information is considered shareware, please
   treat it as such. Feel free to upload it to your favorite bbs.
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   Customary Plea for Bucks:
   I fully realize that there are thousands, if not millions of these
   cd-drives installed in an equal number of computers... therefore,
   if I (as a Computer Technician) were to charge you for this, I'm
   sure you would understand why. However, I can't get to all of you,
   and you can't get to me, so just send me $5.00 for the headache I
   saved you and we'll call it even.

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   It has been "claimed" that the Mitsumi CD-ROM cannot be daisy-chained,
   this is not so. The key to this, is to avoid DMA and IRQ conflicts,
   with other devices already installed in your system.

   As of this writing, I am running 2 of these drives on my system, they're
   drive D: and drive E:

   The downside to this, is that you need a seperate expansion slot for
   each controller card... and you MUST use Microsoft CD-ROM Extentions
   v2.2 (the disk is label CD-ROM Device Driver v1.3). Later versions
   that I tried this on, didn't work properly.

   Also note that I have not been able to successfully load the drivers
   "high" in QEMM's Optimize. The machine currently has 4 meg of ram. They
   WILL load high, releasing an additional 77k of lower ram, but doing so,
   results in "Invalid Drive Specification" messages from dos. In other
   words, dos doesn't reconize (read) the cd-drives.

   I don't, as yet, have a explaination for this, but 77k is not too much
   to sacrifice for the advantages of an additional cd-drive.

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   If you don't know your system inside out, or aren't a technical
   person, don't attempt this! - Get PROFESSIONAL assistance!

   BACKUP YOUR "current" AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS files to a BOOTABLE
   floppy FIRST!! - DISASTERS can and do happen - BE PREPARED!!

   IF this is NOT done right the FIRST time, your system will LOCK-UP
   when you re-boot!! You'll need this disk to re-gain control!!


   Installation Instructions
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   MAKE the BOOTABLE floppy, described above, BEFORE you continue!!
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   Assuming that you have previously installed the Microsoft Extentions
   software, using the default installation directories, and selected
   DMA transfer, proceed as follows...

   1) Configure "card #1" (first drive) to the factory defaults
      (as came out of box)...

        IRQ - 5  and  CH - 3
        SW1 settings (1-8) - 00000011 (address 300h)

   2) Configure "card #2" (second drive) to the settings...

        IRQ - 2  and  CH - 1
        SW1 settings (1-8) - 00100011 (address 310h)

   * The CD-ROM manual lists the SW1 settings in REVERSE order! These
     are "looking at the board" settings! (DipSwitch #1 on the left,
     0=OFF and 1=ON).

   3) Add/Edit the line below to your AUTOEXEC.BAT

        \BIN\MSCDEX.EXE /D:MSCD001 /D:MSCD002

   4) Add/Edit the following lines to your CONFIG.SYS

       LASTDRIVE=Z    (probably already there)

       DEVICE=\DEV\MTMCDD.SYS /D:MSCD001 /P:300 /A:0 /M:32 /T:3 /I:5
       DEVICE=\DEV\MTMCDD.SYS /D:MSCD002 /P:310 /A:0 /M:32 /T:1 /I:2 /L:E
           
     DON'T    MS Ext. Device Driver                              
     ENTER                      I/O Address                       
     THIS                 Audio CD-Play Settings                   
     PART!                               Memory Buffer              
     FOR                                             DRQ/DMA         
     YOUR                                                     IRQ     
     INFO                                                 Drive Letter 
     ONLY! 
           

    The first DEVICE line installs the first CD-Drive as drive D, the
    second line installs the second drive as drive E.

    (Consult the CD-ROM manual for more info on these settings).
    
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   SPECIAL NOTES
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   * If you are installing both drives for the first time (in a new
     installation) use the CD-ROM setup disk to install the software
     drivers FIRST, then edit the 2 files as shown above.

   * If you have 2 hard drives, and/or are using a "Stacker" type
     utility, change the "E" in CONFIG.SYS's /L:E to the next available
     drive letter.
     In other words, set this to F (or whatever is appropiate) for your
     system.

   * Also note that depending upon your particular configuration, you may
     have to experiment with (decrease) the "memory buffer" settings, to
     achieve optimum performance.

   * Some bios chips (such as the AMI) revector IRQ 2 as IRQ 9. My system
     has this chip. This means that if IRQ 2 is already in use, (Desqview
     uses this IRQ), the bios will automatically revector the second device
     on IRQ 2 to IRQ 9. The result is that both devices run as they should,
     even though the IRQ's would normally be in conflict. If your bios chip
     supports IRQ 9 directly, and/or you purchased the Mitsumi "clone", you
     may be able to use IRQ 9 directly on the controller card. Consult your
     cd-drive's manual.
   
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    * Did you make that BOOTABLE floppy ???

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   5) Re-boot your system, if all went well, you should now have 2 cd drives
      installed. If it didn't work, check the files you edited for proper
      syntax, and your system for DMA/IRQ conflicts with other devices.

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   Chuck Saylor (Sysop)
   COMM-LINK BBS
   812-591-2353


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