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AppleCD SC Plus woes
Need some ideas here...
SCSI controller is a RamFast 2.01C. On the chain, I have a hard drive at ID 7,
and the CD is on 6. I believe the termination is OK, given that the RAMFast
picks up both devices and identifies them OK (Please, someone, tell me if I'm
making an erroneous assumption here, and I'll scrutinize things.). The hard
disk is physically closest to the SCSI adapter, in an external box, and the CD
is plugged into the SCSI connector on the hard drive's box. I have a known
working SCSI terminator plugged into the CD case.
I let the CD power up for a few minutes. Then I let the hard disk power up for
a few minutes. Then I power up the IIgs and boot from the hard disk, into
System 6.0.1. It makes no difference whether I put an audio CD or one of my Mac
System 7.x CDs into the CD caddy: Nothing shows up in Finder.
I took a look at a copy of the Apple II FAQ that I have, and checked over the
following in part 5 (I'm going to cut this up a bit, and my comments are in
brackets.):
<snip>
From: Rubywand, Jawaid Bazyar, Tony Diaz
001- What do I need to use regular CD Music Discs and access
data discs (like the Golden Orchard CD) on my Apple IIgs?
What you need is ...
1- RAMFast, Apple, or other SCSI interface card. The Slot in which the card is
located must be set to "Your Card" (e.g. via the Control Panel).
[Check!]
Note 1: Today, SCSI devices normally expect that a "termination voltage" will be
supplied by the SCSI interface card. RamFAST does this; but, most other cards do
not. If you have such a card and have a hard disk connected and working, then,
there should be no problem-- either the hard disk is supplying the voltage or
the card has been modified. Otherwise, be sure to obtain information on the
needed modification. (For the Apple Hi-Speed SCSI card termination power mod,
see the Hard Disk and SCSI FAQs in fil
[Check, but see above!]
e Csa2HDNSCSI.txt.)
Note 2: A version 1.01 ZipGS card needs to be upgraded to work with RamFAST.
[I have no accelerator card in this system, of any kind.]
2- External CD-ROM disc drive (like Pioneer DRM-600, NEC MultiSpin, etc.) which
yuor SCSI card supports. For example, the Apple Hi-Speed SCSI card is known to
work with the Apple CD-150, Apple CD-SC+, and Pioneer DRM-600. The RamFAST is
known to work with many drives, including the Pioneer DRM-600, any NEC or Texel,
and any "SCSI Standard" drive.
[But does it work with mine? :-) I honestly have not sat down and attached the
thing to one of my Macs. I bought the drive second hand, and there's a 'Tested'
sticker on it. For all I know, that means 'Powers up.']
Note 1: Check to be sure that the SCSI device number of your CD-ROM drive does
not conflict with the number for your hard disk, Zip Drive, etc.. Each device on
the SCSI chain should have a different number, usually in the range 1-6. #6 is
usually reserved for the device you wish to boot, such as a hard disk. (A
drive's SCSI number is usually set via a switch on the back.) SCSI number does
not need to relate to position on the chain.
[Check!]
Note 2: The last device on the SCSI chain (i.e. the drive which is physically at
the end of the chain) should have its Termination set to ON and Termination for
other SCSI devices shoud be set to OFF. If your CD-ROM Drive is the only SCSI
device, Termination should be ON. (Actually, a SCSI interface card may be able
to handle two devices with Termination set to ON. However, you are likely to
have problems if the last device on the chain has Termination set OFF.)
[See previous comments]
3- A SCSI cable. Common SCSI plug/socket sizes are 50-pin and 25-pin. Get a
cable which matches your CD-ROM drive and the device you plan to plug into (i.e.
a SCSI hard disk, Zip Drive, ..., or your SCSI interface card).
[Check!]
4- To hear music played from a CD, Stereo headphones, speakers, or hi-fi cables
need to be plugged into the CD ROM drive. Most drives have a mini-Stereo socket
in the front. To fit the socket, the plug for your headphones, etc. must be a
Stereo plug.
[Not an issue for me right now. I'm ultimately after reading data CDs anyways.]
5- A Driver file which matches your interface card. For RamFAST, it is
Ramfast.Driver. For Apple SCSI cards it is SCSI.Manager and SCSICD.Driver. The
Driver file(s) should be in the SYSTEM/DRIVERS/ folder (i.e. the DRIVERS folder
in the SYSTEM folder). To avoid conflicts, RamFAST users should remove
SCSI.Manager, SCSICD.Driver, and other Apple "SCSI ..." drivers from the
SYSTEM/DRIVERS/ folder.
[I do have the Ramfast.Driver installed, and removed Apple's SCSI.Manager and
SCSICD.Driver.]
6- In order to play standard Music CD's via your computer, you should have the
following:
o A Media Driver which matches your CD-ROM drive. For example, RF.NEC is a
driver supplied with RamFAST which works with NEC drives. The Media Driver
should be in the SYSTEM/DRIVERS/MEDIA.CONTROL/ folder.
[While I mentioned that music isn't an issue, I don't have any software with the
RamFast. Was there a disk originally, and if so, would there be some kind of
driver for this drive, which I see is a Sony mechanism in the RamFast BIOS?]
o A standard System 6 control panel file (i.e. a "CDEV") named
"MediaControl". MediaControl should be in the SYSTEM/CDEVS/ folder
[Got it!]
o A standard System 6 media control New Desk Accessory file (i.e. an "NDA")
named "MediaControl.DA". MediaControl.DA should be in the SYSTEM/DESK.ACCS/
folder.
[Got it!]
7- In order to access files on data CD-ROM discs (like DigiSoft Innovation's
Golden Orchard CD), the standard System 6 High Sierra file system translator
file (HS.FST) should be in the SYSTEM/FSTS folder. This lets you read ISO 9660
format data CD-ROM discs. You should already have the ProDOS FST (PRO.FST) in
the same folder. This lets you read ProDOS partitions which may be included
along with ISO 9660 partitions on a data CD-ROM disc.
[Got it!]
Once the above items are checked, Shut Down your IIgs. Turn it OFF. Turn
OFF the CD ROM drive. Wait 10-20 seconds. Turn ON the CD ROM Drive. Wait a few
seconds and turn ON your IIgs. Boot System 6.01.
[See above]
Any suggestions for getting this combo working? Thanks in advance for any help.