Re: [suse-sparc] Playing audio CD's on an SS5 CD-ROM drive

From: Chris Wareham (chris.wareham@catchword.com)
Date: Tue Nov 28 2000 - 03:10:31 PST

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Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 11:10:31 +0000
From: Chris Wareham <chris.wareham@catchword.com>
Subject: Re: [suse-sparc] Playing audio CD's on an SS5 CD-ROM drive

    dan carter wrote:
    >

    > Chris Wareham wrote:
    >> Does anyone know if I should open the
    >> machine up and connect the drive to the
    >> motherboard in some way to enable sound
    >> output?
    >
    > i believe the sparcs do not have a cd audio input on the
    > motherboard/soundcard. You need to take the cdroms audio out and
    > connect it to the external line on on the back of the machine.
    >

    That seems to be the easy option even if there is a way to
    connect the CD-ROM drive's audio to the motherboard. I've
    run a lead from the headphone out to the Sparc's audio in,
    and it works quite well.

    Chris

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