Re: RamFast SCSI Rev C / CD-ROM drive

["William Garber" <willy46pa@garberstreet.com>]

"Kirk Mitchell" <kirkmitchell@gmail.com> wrote in message 1166064823.519202.314440@16g2000cwy.googlegroups.com">news:1166064823.519202.314440@16g2000cwy.googlegroups.com...
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: Mike Maginnis wrote:
:
: > Yes. :-)  I power up the drive, load the disc and give it about 30
: > seconds before I start up the IIgs.
: >
: > Further progress:  The Ramfast sees the drive on SCSI ID 3, and
: > identifies it as a MATSHITACD-ROM CR-8005.  Still nothing in the
: > Finder.  Does GS/OS require a separate driver for that particular
: > drive?
:
: And the CDROM is the only SCSI device on the chain?  That might be a
: problem, as I think the RamFast needs a writable drive to store some of
: it's configuration files.
:
: I've had a variety of different CDROM's on my RamFast, and they always
: worked without special drivers, but they've also been on the end of a
: chain that had a hard drive on it too.
:
: Kirk


That was going to be my next suggestion. That
was the very reason I got rid of my Ramfasts.
The Apple cards both can have just a CD drive.

William Garber
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