Re: GS + CD300e Plus

[Drew <goggledrew@gmail.com>]

On 14 Mar, 13:43, magnusfalkirk <dean.pha...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mar 14, 8:08 am, Drew <goggled...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Hi,
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> > I recently received a Apple II SCSI Rev C card and decided it was time
> > to try out a Apple CD300e Plus drive i have had in storage for years.
> > I have read the FAQ and some posts, but am struggling to get it to
> > work on my GS. The CD drive itselfs works perfectly when i tested it
> > on a Powerbook G3.
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> > I have downloaded the Golden Orchad 1.2 CD and burnt that Image to a
> > CD. The CD works fine on a Mac and i see all the icons etc when i open
> > the CD.
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> > On the GS i am running GS/OS 6.0.1 and have installed the relevant CD
> > drives via the install disks. I can see in the drivers folder
> > SCSI.Manager and SCSI.Driver. There is also a Media.Control Folder
> > with AppleCDSC and media.setup. In the FSTs folder is HS.FST. As far
> > as I have read that is all i need.
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> > The GS is a ROM01, Stock CPU, 4MB Ram, CFFA in Slot7 with Scsi card in
> > slot 6 (marked as Your Card). The CDROM unit has a terminator
> > attached. The CD is ID3. The jumper on the Apple II SCSI card is on
> > pin 9.
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> > The Desktop of the GS doesn't show a CD icon. I have made sure the CD
> > was on first with the disk inserted before turning on the GS.
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> > Any suggestions ? :)
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> > Thanks
> > Drew
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> At a quick guess I'd say you might have to pull the CFFA out of slot 7
> and put the SCSI card there. The reason being that AFAIK the GS
> expects slot 6 to be a 5.25 drive, even when designated as your card.
> If I'm wrong, and there is a good chance of that, I'm sure someone
> else here will chime in to let you know what to do.
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Thanks for the reply Dean. I just swapped the CFFA and the SCSI card
round (so CFFA in Slot 6 and SCSI in Slot 7). Still no Joy though.

Drew