RetroJunkie
Experienced Member
Hi everyone, this one is doing my head in so thought I'd drop a post by to get some help.
I've been rebuilding one of the computers of my childhood an Osborne 486 DX2 66MHz and have hit a wall when getting the CD-ROM to work.
Now from what I have been able to gather the Creative CD-200 needs to interface with a Panasonic / Creative 40-pin connector on a sound card.
I've pulled the drive apart looking for any markings that could identify it as anything but a CD-200, I couldn't see anything there though.
These drives seem to be somewhat related to the CR-563 by Panasonic.
I've got a range of Sound Blaster cards to test with;
CT1600 - Sound Blaster Pro 2 (Just one unlabelled 40-pin connector onboard presumed to be Creative / Panasonic)
CT2230 - Sound Blaster 16 (Has all three types of connectors present; Creative / Panasonic, Mitsumi and Sony)
CT2770 - Sound Blaster 16 Value (Has Creative / Panasonic connector)
CT2810 - Sound Blaster VIBRA 16 (Has "IDE Interface" connector)
CT2900 - Sound Blaster VIBRA 16S (Has "IDE Interface" connector)
Does anyone have any ideas on what combinations I should try and more importantly, what software / drivers I should be using.
The goal is to get MS-DOS up and running with CD-ROM support, then I'll move on to other operating systems.
Any input is appreciated! :D
I've been rebuilding one of the computers of my childhood an Osborne 486 DX2 66MHz and have hit a wall when getting the CD-ROM to work.
Now from what I have been able to gather the Creative CD-200 needs to interface with a Panasonic / Creative 40-pin connector on a sound card.
I've pulled the drive apart looking for any markings that could identify it as anything but a CD-200, I couldn't see anything there though.
These drives seem to be somewhat related to the CR-563 by Panasonic.
I've got a range of Sound Blaster cards to test with;
CT1600 - Sound Blaster Pro 2 (Just one unlabelled 40-pin connector onboard presumed to be Creative / Panasonic)
CT2230 - Sound Blaster 16 (Has all three types of connectors present; Creative / Panasonic, Mitsumi and Sony)
CT2770 - Sound Blaster 16 Value (Has Creative / Panasonic connector)
CT2810 - Sound Blaster VIBRA 16 (Has "IDE Interface" connector)
CT2900 - Sound Blaster VIBRA 16S (Has "IDE Interface" connector)
Does anyone have any ideas on what combinations I should try and more importantly, what software / drivers I should be using.
The goal is to get MS-DOS up and running with CD-ROM support, then I'll move on to other operating systems.
Any input is appreciated! :D