Re: Final word: Availability of Driver

[Paul Schultz <pschultz@med.wayne.edu>]

On 14 Feb 1999, Supertimer wrote:

> ToasterKing wrote:
> 
> >I finally got in touch with Joseph M. Yandrofski at Sequential Systems,
> >and upon asking him about the SCSI-2 Media Control drivers for the IIGS,
> >he says they no longer sell anything like that, no longer stock it, and
> >no longer have a copy of it.  The only Apple II-related items they still
> >sell are the Second Sight video card for the IIGS and the RAMFast SCSI
> >card.  Just out of curiosity I inquired, but they could not tell me how
> >much longer they would continue to sell and support these cards.
> >
> >It looks like the only way to get the SCSI-2 Media Control driver is
> >secondhand (i.e. used).  I guess it's not that important anyway; all it
> >does is allow audio to be played directly from CD-ROMs.  Oh well.  Still,
> >if anyone out there might have a copy of the driver, Steve (ISCA AppleII
> >Librarian <apple2pd@ground.ecn.uiowa.edu>) and I would be interested in a
> >copy.  Thanks in advance for anything.
> 
> I would like a copy of these drivers too.  I wonder if Joseph M.
> Yandrofski would be willing to release them as freeware?  If
> so, then whoever has a copy could be free to upload the drivers
> to ground.  From what you say, I take it the drivers were once
> really available, then.  That's a good thing.
> 


Just a FWIW....

Before anyone takes it upon themselves to put these on an ftp
site please contact the author of the drivers (Jawaid Bazyar)
to see if he will release them as freeware first. I don't
want this to become yet another sore spot for csa2 :-)

Paul.

pschultz@med.wayne.edu
Paul Schultz