Re: My AppleCD 150 can read CD-R's

["Jason Whorton" <jason@microxl.com>]

Are you OK, buddy?  :-)  I bought the AppleCD 150 to use on my IIgs, but am
testing it on my PC just to make sure it works at all.  The CD150 is one of
the three you have to have to use the Apple software controls in GS/OS 6.0.1
for controlling an audio CD.  Someone might want to burn a CD-R, then use it
on their IIgs, IIe, etc., with the CD 150.  In response to, "The AppleCD 150
was made waaaaaaay before CD-Rs came out, which is more likely why that
model of drive is incompatible with reading CD-Rs in general.", I am saying
that it DID read two different CD-R's.
    This is a csa2 post, not a comp.sys.mac.* post.  Sorry to confuse you.

Thank you,
Jason Whorton


"Bryan Villados" <news002@macgeek.org> wrote in message
news:8_jH9.84245$%k2.22611839@twister.socal.rr.com...
> Hi! Sorry, but you're posting to the wrong newsgroup. You should be
posting
> this question to one of the Macintosh newsgroups seeing the AppleCD 150
was
> made specifically for them.
>
> However, I think I have your answer. The AppleCD 150 was made waaaaaaay
> before CD-Rs came out, which is more likely why that model of drive is
> incompatible with reading CD-Rs in general. However, what I've found in
the
> past is that when you burn CDs at a much slower speed (2x at the most), it
> increases the possibility of them being read on older CD-ROM drives. I
have
> 2x CD-R disks I burned back in 1995, and I'm at least able to read them in
> an AppleCD 300, which is the model after the 150. Keep in mind that when
you
> burn CD-Rs, the faster the write, the less compatible the disk will be
with
> older CD-ROM drives.
>
> The only other thing I can think of is that the CD-Rs you're trying to
read
> are not in a format readable by a PC, such as HFS or HFS+, which are the
> formats most Macintosh people use to burn their CD-Rs.
>
> --- Bryan
>
> "Jason Whorton" <jason@microxl.com> wrote in message
> uurg91oobur8bf@corp.supernews.com">news:uurg91oobur8bf@corp.supernews.com...
> > Hello.  I don't think this is mentioned in the FAQ, so I thought I would
> > mention it.  I got an AppleCD 150 yesterday and it is currently
connected
> to
> > my PC.  I've tried two different CD-R's, and it read both without a
> problem.
> > I wondered about this before buying one, so maybe someone else is
> wondering
> > too.  I have an Apple 2x caddy load external that will read them as
well.
> >
> > Hope this helps,
> > Jason Whorton
> >
> >
>
>