Re: audio discs on generic CD-ROM drive?

[lurch@eskimo.com (Erik Kloeppel)]

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

>Okay now that I know my Toshiba CD-ROM drive works on my GS (I guess
>it is a 'real' enough SCSI device), I have a few questions:

>I have a really old Apple(tm) Rev. C SCSI card (I am amazed it even
>recognises the CD drive).  A copy of Oct 92 "Windows NT Device Driver
>Kit"  (ISO 9660 format) is recognized as a valid disc.

>If I set the drive in 'Test' mode, I can manually play audio discs, but
>then the drive becomes 'lost' from the SCSI chain.

>GS/OS and the 'CD Remote' NDA don't recognize audio discs.  If I boot
>with an audio disc, GS/OS says "Cannot recoginze..blah blah ... [Format]
>or [Cancel]".  (Heh, trying to format says "Write Protected").
>How do I force GS/OS to recognize my audio discs?

Grover... I would hazard a guess that you need a different SCSI driver
on your GS to read the audio disks properly... Trantor sells one, and I
THINK Tulin might have one..  (um  both are sold as NEC drivers, but
they MAY work on the Toshiba - depends on the actual mechanism)  It's
a bit expensive to test this theory, cuz the drivers cost about $50.


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