Re: CD-ROM breakthrough

[bazyar@mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu (Jawaid Bazyar)]

grover@emunix.emich.edu (Grover Thomas) writes:

>> RamFAST/SCSI with NEC, Sony, Apple, Sequential CD-ROM drives
>> Apple High Speed SCSI with Sony, Apple, and Sequential CD-ROM drives
>> 
>> If you have a RamFAST you need the very latest ROM revision, 3.01e.

>     Question:  Why so hardware dependent?

>I have a Toshiba XM-2100a SCSI CD-ROM that has worked admirably on both
>my IIGS (with Apple Rev.C SCSI card) and my 486 PC (with ProAudio Spectrum
>16 sound card/SCSI controller).  Why would I need to change my GS hardware
>to make that thing work?

  Those are the drives we've tested the software with; it's not an
exhaustive list. If the Toshiba is NEC compatible, it should work with
a RamFAST. The NEC driver for the Apple HS SCSI is broken and won't
mount ISO CD-ROMs.
  We're working on getting support for more CD drives in here, but it's
not easy because every manufacturer has different audio commands.
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