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Bryan, The upgrade price seems way out of line for a product which can be purchased new for $65 at a number of places. I would expect a substantial number of impressive items in the upgrade to justify this high cost which would seem to intrude on your SCSI PRO…
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Tosh 3401 vs NEC CDR84
Message #50788
Lee, In your shoes I would not wait for a Fast SCSI PCI card. Even announced cards of this nature won't actually be available for some time (months). Then you would need a PCI motherboard which are also just coming to market. I would not purchase one until I actually…
Jim, Thank for responding, I turned off my machine overnight (normally it runs all the time) and the drive worked fine when I started my system up the next day. So far the problem has not returned but if it does I will try your suggestion if nothing else works.…
Lee, You are correct that I meant driver. You can pick up CorelSCSI through the mail for $65. It will handle just about any CD ROM drive available today. The best price I know of for it is $65 at ComputAbility at 1-800-554-9923. Be aware that CorelSCSI is now up…
The last number I have for NEC's BBS is 1-508-635-4706.
Robert, I started out with NEC's 8 bit proprietary SCSI card then I wen big time and switched over to a 16 bit DMA Busmastering SCSI controller by Procom. Its called the "Xelerator" and its a real great controller card (I think its as good or better than the Adaptec…
Lee, I have both a internal Toshiba 3401 and a external NEC CDR-74 (the CDR-84 is their internal model) hooked up to my machine. I can't say there is really much difference. The Toshiba has a faster access time (200ms compared to 280ms) and a faster transfer rate (330k/sec compared…
Richard, A NEC CDR-84 can be upgraded by NEC for $229.00 to physically handle multi session Photo CDs. The other part of the equation though is having a driver that supports multi session capability. Since you are using a MediaVision card (which I don't have) I would presume they are…
Bob, Sorry for taking so long to reply (I don't haunt this forum much anymore). To the best of my knowledge all CDR-74 drives are single session capable and the new CDR-74-1 are multi session capable. In order to read Phote CD's you will need driver version 2.36 which can…
Bob, NEC's position is this: They are not upgrading your existing drive, they are actually swapping your existing drive for a brand new one. They require you to return all materials from your original package (cables, drive, caddy, manual, etc…). They then refurbish your drive and resell it to a…
Bud, Let me know if you still cannot find a Multisound. The distribitor who sold me mine is getting in 30 next week and has 24 already sold. They might have some left on Monday although you have to be dealer of some sort to buy one (have a TAX…
Charles, There is no UPGRADE plan offered by NEC but there is an EXCHANGE program you can partake in although its fairly expensive. For $249 you can send your entire drive back to NEC (including cables, manuals, terminator, etc…) and they will send you a brand new CDR-74-1 if you…
Charles, Only NEC's latest drive the CDR-74-1 has a 256k buffer in it. This drive is also SCSI-2 and XA Multisession capable. If you do not have this model number or see some mention of these SCSI-2, XA Multisession capabilities then you have the 64k buffer. As far as diagnostics…
Kevin, as you heard Kodak's Photo Access software comes with a single session Photo CD with 24 photos on it. You can buy it direct from Kodak at 1-800-242-2424 for 39.99 but may find it cheaper through a local store. Just be aware that there are a number of other…
NEC 84J CD-ROM Problem
Message #43320
Thanks for Packrat information. I see they have a major new release (5.0) out. Those guys really churn out the versions don't they. The few blibs I have seen on it look good although it looks complicated to setup/learn. I would be suprised if a mature product like Packrat did…
#SCSI card for NEC 84
Message #43319
Yes, the whole Sound card and CD ROM market is really booming right now and many vendors are back ordered at the moment (not a bad situation to be in from their perspective). When you get your Multisound it will come with a WAV sound file editor. The distribitor I…
Joe, I had the same problem on my CDR-74 weeks ago and talked to a bunch of people before I got some answers. Your drive is setup correctly and should be able to read the sample photos included with the software (as well as any other single session photo disk).…
Larry, Speedcache+ is made by Future Systems Solutions (219) 824-4963 in Bluffton, Indiana (they also wrote Norton NCACHE and Windows Smartdrv). It can be purchased for 79.95 (plus shipping) from JDR Microdevices at 1-800-538-5005. I have been using it for 4+ weeks and it seems to work fine. If you…
Legare, I don't use LOADHI but I know that myself as well as others are using QEMM to load MSCDEX high with no problems. Are you using the latest version of MSCDEX (2.21)?
Paul, Speedcache+ is supposedly going to be available nationwide late this year but if you want to order it now it is available from JDR Microdevices for $79.95 (86 with shipping) at 1-800-538-5005. When I bought it only 5.25" disks were available (1 disk). I think there will probably be…
[>> Continued from previous msg] memory away from Windows and give more to Speedcache+. Speedcache+ allows you to create a 23MB cache (which I think is the largest on market). I played around with a larger cache for awhile but bigger caches caused part of the cache to not be…
[>> Continued from previous msg] as an option long before PC-Kwik (who added it in 5.0). Ncache had a problem for awhile with not being complient with Windows 32 bit disk access option (that why I stopped using it). There is a patch in the Symantec forum which fixes this…
Dan, I have been using Speedcache+ for a month and its working great. I have a number of other cache programs: Norton Ncache, MS Smartdrv, and PC-Kwik. Ncache and PC-Kwik are both fine caches and either beats Smartdrv hands down. Neither one caches CD ROMs, although they can be used…
If you have our CorelSCSI ASPI drivers you can use your NEC 84 drive to read single session PhotoCD's. If your are using our ASPI drivers you will have a CUNI_ASP.SYS line in your config.sys file. If you add /XA to the end of this line you will be able…
Photo CD Image Problem
Message #29004
[>> Continued from previous msg] show the banding problem. Its like the cache process somehow corrupts the Photo CD images. When I use Mosiac to view the supplied Corel clipart I have never encountered banding problems of any sort (regardless of reading from the CD ROM or from a RAM…