Re: Apple IIGS CD-ROM Problem

[Andy McFadden <fadden@fadden.com>]

Tempest <tempest@atariprotos.com> wrote:
> Is there something I may have forgotten to configure somewhere?  I
> find it odd that the drive can read music CD's but not data CD's.
> Usually if a drive is bad or not configured properly nothing works.

This might make sense if the disc is marginal, because there's an extra
layer of ECC on CD-ROMs.  On a home stereo this usually manifests as discs
that play just fine but get "lost" when you manually change tracks.

Are you using a recordable CD?  The drive will also have trouble with
packet-written CD-ROMs, because it can't handle the gaps between packets
(older PC drives had this problem).  CD-RW is unlikely to work either.

If you're using recordables, use quality CD-R media recorded in disc-at-once
recording mode.

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