Vincent Deno wrote:

> Nice thorough explaination.  However, the problem is getting the ATAPI
> commands to work.  Have you (or anyone) been sucessful in this area?

http://www.pap-el.cz/ (click on 'Panel pro CD-ROM')

Pages are in Czech language. This guy made panel for controling ATAPI
CD-ROMs using 89C2051 CPU and now is offering complete documentation
including source code, but not for free.

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           Petr Krc