re: AppleCD SC Plus woes

["Steve Quarrella" <Steve.QuarrellaNOSPAM@f9005.n393.z1.fidonet.org>]

Hi, Wayne...thanks for the note.

 WS> I have an Apple CD 150 which I think uses the same mechanism. Just
 WS> tried it out with a ramfast and I don't have any difficulty using it.

I'm wondering if there's an issue with the 2.01c incarnation of the Ramfast.  I'm working on getting updated ROMs elsewhere.

 WS> Only ramfast driver in that particular machine is the card driver I got
 WS> off the ROM disk

That's what I've got, and I've removed any of the naughty drivers mentioned in part 5 of the FAQ.

>> I run Ramfast.System, hit Apple-E for "Edit," and sure enough, there's the
>> drive at ID6, listed as "SONY     CD-ROM CDU-8002."
>>  WS> the card sees your drive. If it does, click on the drive and see if
>>  WS> the CD is listed as Active
>> I don't appear to have an option to do that.  If I highlight the drive and
>> hit Enter, I get the Ramfast utilities to partition the drive (?!).
 WS> Try using your mouse to click on it or after highlighting it hit
WS> return

Well, Enter -is- Return. :-)  Same effect, whether I click on it or highlight it from within the Ramfast.System program, I get a screen to partition the drive.

 WS> An odd thought, occasionally I've come across SCSI devices that
 WS> don't seem to function correctly unless theres another device after
 WS> it on the chain

That's a good thought, but no go.  I put the CD ROM physically closest to the Ramfast in the chain, with the hard drive (terminated) at the back, same results.  If I didn't mention it, I -have- verified that this unit works, by plugging it into my PowerMac.  Even had the Apple II reading a CD from it over the network.