Re: CD-ROM weirdness, and System 6 on CD-ROM

["Charlie" <charlied@NOSPAMbboard.com>]

"Scott Alfter" <salfter@salfter.dyndns.org> wrote in message
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> I snagged a Sun model 411 external SCSI CD-ROM drive fairly cheaply off of
> eBay recently...since the seller was just across town, I drove over and
> picked it up this evening.  When I plugged it into my IIGS and tried reading
> CDs with it, though, it caused the computer to lock up.  If a CD was in the
> drive at boot time, it wouldn't even finish booting.
>
> The box has a Sony CDU-8012 mechanism inside.  I made sure there weren't any
> ID conflicts with other devices on the bus, but it still wouldn't work.
> When I swapped a Panasonic CR-523 into the case, it worked fine...a pressed
> CD-ROM (a NetWare 5 CD) and a CD-R (an SVCD I burned last week) showed up
> fine in the Finder.  I even opened some of the text files on the NetWare CD.
>
> Is there something odd about the Sony mechanism that Sun used?  I figured a
> SCSI CD-ROM drive is a SCSI CD-ROM drive.  One page I ran across through
> Google indicates that Apple used the same mechanism in some of its
> products...might there be some difference in firmware between the drives
> used by the two companies such that the drive I bought won't work?
>
> If it matters, the other devices on the bus are a Seagate ST34520WC
> (Barracudas are dirt cheap nowadays :-) ) and a Wangtek 5525ES.  Both are
> connected to an Apple High-Speed SCSI Card.

Well, since you didn't mention it I'll ask the obvious.  Is the SCSI bus
properly terminated?

Charlie