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

["Bryan Villados" <news002@macgeek.org>]

Sorry about that! :P I must remember to read more thoroughly at 1:00am :(

"Jason Whorton" <jason@microxl.com> wrote in message
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> 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
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> > 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
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> > > 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
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
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