Odd 8-bit ISA CD-ROM interface?

[Roy J. Tellason]

On Thursday 19 October 2006 12:25 pm, Jim Leonard wrote:
> Jochen Kunz wrote:
> > Linux supported way more of those funky, proprietary IDE like CDROMs.
> > But most likely this junk was removed from (semi) recent kernels.
>
> Removed from the SOURCE tree, or from most compiled distros?
>
> If removed from the source tree, I had better hold onto my older
> versions...

I can't speak for other distros,  but in Slackware I believe that stuff is 
still included,  just not installed or configured by default.

Who gets rid of older versions,  anyhow?  :-)

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