Re: GS and Toshiba CD-ROM XM-520?

[Roger Johnstone <rojaws@es.co.nz>]

Scarletdown wrote:

> I just recently picked up a nice little external SCSI CD-ROM drive, a
>  Toshiba XM-520.  Will this work on a GS?  My GS is a ROM 3 with 8MB
> of RAM and a RAMFast SCSI card and running GSOS 6.somethingorother.

It should work. Almost all SCSI CD-ROM drives will work with a IIgs.

> What do I need to do to get her to recognize the CD-ROM drive?

Assuming you have it connected to the SCSI card, the bus properly
terminated, and the RAMFast driver loaded (same driver as used for hard
drives)...it should work.

See the FAQs which were just posted in here by Rubywand for a lot more info.

> Also (now that I've posted an Apple II related question, I'm going to
>  tack on a Mac-related one here since I'm not currently subscribed to
>  any Mac newsgroups...)
>
> I have been trying to test this Toshiba CD-ROM on a Performa 405
> before trying it out on the GS.  When I run SCSI Probe, the drive is
> detected with a SCSI ID of 6.  However, I can't seem to get System
> 7.5 to mount the drive.  I also tried it on a Mac IIVX.  There, it
> was also detected at ID 6, whilst the internal CD-ROM drive was
> detected as SCSI ID 3.  The internal mounts fine, but like on the
> Performa, I am unable to get the external to mount.  At least, I'm
> assuming it is unmounted, as Apple Audio CD Player only shows SCSI ID
> 3 as available.
>
> Any hints on how to get this drive to work?
>
> Thanks.

Apple was always a bit weird about supporting third-party CD-ROM drives
and hard drives on the Mac, to the point of putting in code in their
drivers to check which brand of drive you were using.

Lowend Mac has a page on modifying Apple's CD-ROM driver to remove the
check. You can also get the driver that shipped with Mac OS 7.6 or so.
This was the time when Apple was on the verge of shipping their OS for
unlicensed Mac-compatibles, so the driver works with a much larger range
of drives.

http://www.lowendmac.com/macdan/2k1130cl.html

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Roger Johnstone, Invercargill, New Zealand

Apple II - FutureCop:LAPD - iMac Game Wizard
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