Which CD-ROM Drives will work with Microsoft(r) Windows NT(tm)?

This section of the Usenet alt.cd-rom FAQ lists the SCSI host adapters, SCSI CD-ROM drives, and multimedia audio adapters which are supported by Microsoft Windows NT. This information is a subset of the document "Microsoft(r) Windows NT(tm) Beta March 1993 Hardware Compatibility List Update"; the complete version of thie document is available on Compuserve, in either WinNT forum library #1 or MSWin32 library #17.

These adapters and peripherals have passed Windows NT compatibility testing as of May 1993. This list is a subset of the hardware we expect to support in the final product and was current at the time it was published. If your hardware is not listed below, contact your hardware manufacturer for more information. We have not tested every computer and/or device in all possible configurations.

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SCSI(r) Host Adapters

The following SCSI adapters have been tested with the following drives (except as noted): CD Technologies CD Porta-Drive T-3301, NEC Intersect CDR-74, Micropolis 1924, Peripheral Land Infinity 88, ArchiveST 4000 DAT.

  Adaptec(tm) AHA-1510
  Adaptec AHA-1520
  Adaptec AHA-1522
  Adaptec AHA-1540B [2]
  Adaptec AHA-1542B [2]
  Adaptec AHA-1542C
  Adaptec AHA-1640
  Adaptec AHA-1740 [3]
  Adaptec AHA-1742 [3]
  Adaptec AHA-1740A [4]
  Adaptec AHA-1742A [4]
  Adaptec AIC-6260 [5]
  BusLogic BT-542B
  BusLogic BT-545S
  BusLogic BT-640A
  BusLogic BT-646S
  BusLogic BT-742A
  BusLogic BT-747S
  DPT PM2011b (incl. cache)
  DPT PM2012b (incl. cache)
  Future Domain MCS-600    (Future Domain's phone number: +1-714-253-0400)
  Future Domain MCS-700
  Future Domain TMC-845 [6]
  Future Domain TMC-850
  Future Domain TMC-850M(ER)
  Future Domain TMC-860
  Future Domain TMC-860M
  Future Domain TMC-885
  Future Domain TMC-1650
  Future Domain TMC-1660
  Future Domain TMC-1670
  Future Domain TMC-1680
  Future Domain TMC-7000EX
  IBM PS/2 Microchannel SCSI Host Adapter [7]
  IBM PS/2 Microchannel SCSI Host Adapter (with cache)
  Maynard 16-Bit SCSI Adapter [8]
  NCR 53C700 SCSI Adapter
  NCR 53C710 SCSI Adapter
  NCR 53C90 SCSI Controller [9,10]
  NCR 53C94 SCSI Controller [11]
  Olivetti ESC-1
  Olivetti ESC-2 [12]
  Trantor T-128 [13,14,6]
  Trantor T-130b [13,6]
  UltraStor 14f [15]
  UltraStor 24f [16]
  UltraStor 34f
  UltraStor 124f [17]
  
Native SCSI adapter on MIPS ARC/R4000 systems from ACER, MIPS and Olivetti

SCSI CD-ROM Drives

The following CD-ROM drives have been tested with the following adapters: Adaptec AHA-1542b, AHA-1640 and AHA-1740A; Future Domain TMC-1670 and TMC-850M; IBM PS/2 Microchannel SCSI Host Adapter (with cache); UltraStor 24f.

  CD-Technology     CD Porta-Drive T-3301  Toshiba TXM-3301-based
  CD-Technology     CD Porta-Drive T-3401  Toshiba TXM-3401
  Chinon CDX-431 [18]
  COMPAQ            DualSpeed              Sony CDU-561-based
  Creative Labs     Sound Blaster Pro      sound card with a proprietary 
                                           interface to Panasonic CD-ROMs
  DEC               RRD 42-DA              Sony CDU-541-based
  Denonr DRD 253
  Hitachir CDR-1750S [19]
  IBM               3510
  IBM               Enhanced Internal 
                    CDROM II Drive 32G2958 Toshiba TXM-3401-based
  IBM               Enhanced External 
                    CDROM II Drive 3510005 Toshiba TXM-3401-based
  IBM               PS/2 CDROM II Drive    Toshiba TXM-3301-based
  Matsushita        CR-501B                Panasonic
  Matsushita        CR-521                 Panasonic
  Matsushita        CR-561                 Panasonic
  NEC Intersect CDR-73M
  NEC Intersect CDR-83M
    NEC Intersect CDR-74
  NEC Intersect CDR-84
  Panasonicr CR-501B [18]
  Philips           CM-215
  Pioneerr DRM-600 [20]
  Procom Technology MCD-DS                 Toshiba TXM-3401-based
  Sony CDU-541 [21]
  Sony CDU-6211
  Sony CDU-7211
  Texel DM-5021 [18]
  Toshiba           TXM-3201               old model, replaced by TXM-3301
  Toshiba TXM-3301
  Toshiba TXM-3401
  
Multimedia Audio Adapters

The following audio adapters have undergone preliminary testing.

  Creative Labs SoundBlaster(tm) 1.x
  Creative Labs SoundBlaster Pro(tm) [26]
  Media Vision Pro Audio Spectrum [26,27]
  Media Vision Pro Audio Spectrum-16 [26,27]
  Media Vision Thunder Board [26]
  Microsoft Windows(tm) Sound System
  
Native sound adapter on MIPS ARC/R4000 systems from ACER and MIPS

Relavent footnotes (2-21,26,27)

  2  Tested with firmware revisions 3.10 and 3.20.
  3  This adapter must be configured for 5 MB/second asynchronous I/O to work 
     with listed CD-ROM drives from NEC.
  4  This adapter must be configured for 5 MB/second asynchronous I/O to work 
     with listed CD-ROM drives from Chinon, Hitachi and NEC.
  5  Tested with Unisys PW2Advantage 3256 (Flemington).
  6  To use this adapter, at least one device on the bus must provide 
     termination power.
  7  This adapter does not support 4mm DAT drives.
  8  The Maynard SCSI Controller can be used as a general purpose SCSI 
     controller for all tasks except CD Setup. To install Windows NT with 
     this adapter, use the WINNT.EXE Setup method.
  9  Tested with NCR System 3000 Model 3320 and Compaq Portable 486c.
  10 The NCR System 3000 Model 3320 with this SCSI controller does not support 
     tape backup.
  11 Tested with NCR System 3000 Model 3350.
  12 This adapter must be configured for asynchronous I/O to work with NEC 
     Intersect CDR-73(M) and Pioneer DRM-600 CD-ROM drives.
  13 This adapter is supported only on IRQ 5.
  14 This adapter does not support tape drives.
  15 Contact UltraStor for an upgrade if you encounter CD-ROM problems.
  16 Contact UltraStor for an upgrade if you encounter tape drive problems.
  17 The UltraStor 124f is a RAID controller. It supports hard drives and 
     removable media drives only.
  18 CD audio is not supported on this drive.
  19 Soft (recoverable) errors may occur when used with Future Domain 8xx 
     series adapters.
  20 The Adaptec AHA-1640 only supports a single compact disc when used with 
     this CD-ROM drive.
  21 CD Audio is not supported on Sony CD-ROM drives when used with the 
     Adaptec AHA-1640.
  26 Supported in SoundBlaster 1.x emulation mode only.
  27 The external MIDI connector on this adapter is not supported.



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