Panasonic CD interface

The Panasonic CD interface, also known as the MKE CD interface (for Matsushita Kotobuki Electronics), SLCD or simply Panasonic, is a proprietary computer interface for connecting a CD-ROM drive to an IBM PC compatible computer.

It was used briefly in the early 1990s, and is no longer in production.

Some SoundBlaster cards were manufactured with a port to connect to the CD-ROM drive with this interface.

FreeBSD supports this interface with "matcd" driver.

Linux supports these drives via the sbcd, sbpcd or pcd drivers.

A SoundBlaster 16 with Panasonic CD interface on the left, in addition to a Mitsumi and a Sony CD interface