Re: NEC CD Rom Problem

[lurch@eskimo.com (Erik Kloeppel)]

In <Cv65I8.LpL@nntpa.cb.att.com> bird@nwsrs.nw.att.com (J L. Walters) writes:

<I have a friend who has aquired a NEC CDR 36 CD Rom. He was told that
<it came from an "Apple." I asked if he meant Mac and he said, "All I
<was told was that it was an Apple."

yeah - probaly a Mac.. drn few of them bought by ANYBODY with a GS.  (I had a CD-35 for a while)

<The problem is, he can't access it on his MS DOS machines and he
<wonders if there is a jumper, etc., that can be changed to make it work
<on his machine.

<Personally, I'd like an iron clad reason why it can't work on his MS
<DOS machine and so he should just give it to me ;-)

Hmm.. I doubt it - I think all he needs is the appropriate driver.  Of course,
there might be a SCSI ID conflict too, but that's easy enough to resolve - just
change the ID of the other devices on the bus.

Lurch