Re: RamFast SCSI Rev C / CD-ROM drive

["Mike Maginnis" <mmaginnis@gmail.com>]

On Dec 13, 7:58 pm, "William Garber" <willy4...@garberstreet.com>
wrote:
> "Kirk Mitchell" <kirkmitch...@gmail.com> wrote in message1166064823.519202.314440@16g2000cwy.googlegroups.com...::">news:1166064823.519202.314440@16g2000cwy.googlegroups.com...:: 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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I guess that will be the next step then.  I'll add a Zip drive or
something.  My Apple HS was causing me problems, which is why I went
with the Ramfast.

Mike Maginnis
maginnis@computist-project.net