Re: CD-ROM problems

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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.

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.

The Apple HS SCSI does not have this problem.

-Scott G.