Re: Toshiba CD-ROMs and IIgs compatibility

[gregw@venus.itns.co.za (Greg Wildman)]

On Thu, 03 May 2001 04:59:25 GMT, Mitchell Spector wrote:

I have a XM3301E. Will GSOS recognise this? It doesn't seem to recognise any
other SCSI CDROM I've connected up.

>     Asking this question is probably a long shot, but has anyone out
> there ever made use of a Toshiba 1x (XM-3301E) or 4x (XM-5401B)
> SCSI CD-ROM drive on their Apple IIgs?
>
>     Back in October I acquired both model CD-ROM drives, yet neither
> one worked successfully with my RamFAST. Essentially they were
> both recognized and showed up just fine in the RamFAST's built-in
> menu options (the drive's firmware listing, size of any CD mounted,
> and in the case of HFS discs, even a volume label given) *but* as
> soon as I entered the IIgs Finder or any GS/OS applications, the
> drive was ignored. The OS simply refused to poll or scan the drive.
>
>     Oddly enough, any HFS discs inserted were flagged as 'offline'
> in the RamFAST's menu system. Toggling their status to 'active'
> allowed HFS discs to then appear in the Finder, although they were
> displayed and treated as hardisk volumes (including the icon used).
> I could find no way to force-mount any non-HFS formatted discs
> though.
>
>     My only guess is these drives were set up for use a on Sun
> SPARCstation (they did come some other Sun hardware).
> Is this behavior consistent then for drives using a 512 block
> configuration instead of 2048 block? I've given up trying to
> get them working on the IIgs for the most part but thought it
> wouldn't hurt to ask...
>
> Mitchell Spector
> a_specto@alcor.concordia.ca

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