Re: CD-ROM problems

[lesherjt@vuse.vanderbilt.edu (Tilghman Lesher)]

pubpc1@library.ucla.edu wrote:
: jparker@southwind.net (Jim Parker) wrote:
: >A friend has GS and a Sony CD-ROM player. Sometimes the CD-ROM shows up on
: >the SCSI bus and sometimes it doesn't. He has it at the end of the SCSI
: >chain, behind his hard drive, and it appears properly terminated. He's
: >using a RamFAST card, v3.01 or thereabouts. When I ran RamFast.system, I
: >could see the CD drive listed even though GS/OS couldn't. He says he has
: >better "luck" if the CD is powered on first. Usually, he says, he can get
: >the CD recognized if he keeps restarting and fiddling with the CD (putting
: >discs in and taking them out).
: >
: >So, what do you think? Is the problem most likely hardware or software? Or
: >just plain ole "SCSI voodoo". I'm not even sure where to start trying to
: >assist him. Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks!

: This is a limitation of the RamFAST card.  You have to enter GS/OS with
: a disc already in the drive.  Switching discs will cause the drive to
: not register on the Finder desktop.

Mine does.  I just tested it.  I switched between two discs, and the new
disc showed up on the desktop.

: Solution: power up with a CD already in the drive.  If you switch CDs,
: launch a ProDOS 8 program and then quit back to the Finder to make the
: new volume(s) show up.

I didn't even have to move the mouse 1 pixel.  It showed up anyway.

: The Apple HS SCSI does not have this problem.

My guess is that it has more to do with the brand of CD-ROM than with
the SCSI driver.

: -Scott G.


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