This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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AppleCDSC/AHA1542C work!
Message #52751
I think the safest thing to do would be to call the x86 card maker and get them to agree that it will work. I just booted my system with the Adaptec 1542C installed, but without any drives attached (to Linux, not DOS) and it worked fine. Not even a…
I think the mail order price is around eighty bucks. If you don't have a card yet I think the hot deal is to buy one that comes bundled with Corel SCSI. I saw one at Computer City, but I don't remember the brand. John
Lou, I was acutally going to mention that as my next move. I just didn't want to confuse my posting. SCSI is cool. The ability to have one port out the back of your computer that can accept several devices chained together is way cool. I have been waiting for…
Re: my drive zero wait Did the trick, thanks.
#FREE UNIX on CD sort of
Message #52063
As I mentioned in another post, I picked up a copy of the Linux OS at a local swap meet. The CD comes with a brief manual and boot floppies. It's pretty wild. A user-supported UNIX style OS with X-Windows, TCP/IP, GNU C, TeX, and so on, and so on.…
#AppleCDSC/AHA1542C work!
Message #52062
Just a note to those considering hooking up their Apple brand CD drives to a x86 system. My Apple CDSC and my Adaptec 1542C work just fine in my ISA 486. I'm using the EZ-SCSI software that came with the Adaptec card. My thanks to Chuck Roman and Steven Lee…
#AHA-1542C drive 0 wait?
Message #52061
I've got my new Adaptec 1542C working with my Apple CDSC on my 486. The adaptec recognizes it as a Sony CDU-8001, which I suppose is what it really is. The only problem I have is a delay on each boot: Waiting for SCSI ID #0 . . . How…
Go To A Swapmeet for CDs
Message #52060
I went to a computer swap meet last weekend and was supprised to find wall to wall CD titles. Quite a difference from a few years ago when I first got my drive. I picked up a copy of the CICA Windows archive for $12 and a copy of the…
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SCSI HANG on Instalation
Message #47723
Re: SCSI HANG I agree that from the current symptoms it looks more like a software problem than hardware. I afraid that I don't know that much about DOS sytle drivers. I have done hardware configuration on IBMs, but the only SCSI drivers I've written were for Macintosh. If there…
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cd da over scsi bus
Message #47722
Like I said, I start out as a pessimist. It might be that the Toshiba will accept SCSI requests for data from music tracks. It would kind of suprise me though. Perhaps you should call Toshiba and ask for an "interface specification" for your drive. If special transfer modes for…
Re: High Sierra Sorry about the geography, I was mainly upset that I wasn't invited. John
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SonyCD/WinNT/Gateway2000
Message #47719
Re: using a AppleCD SC with DOS and Windows Thanks for the info, I'll keep it at hand when I try the actual setup. John.
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PC CDs from Mac by net?
Message #20565
I'm kind of surprised that works. But I guess I can see how it does . . . It could be the way to go. I haven't settled on anything yet. Thanks, John
Simtel20 disk looks good
Message #20354
I just got a new disk, and I thought I'd mention it to the forum. I ordered a disk called Simtel20 from Walnut Creek CD Rom. It costs around 25 dollars. It is a copy of an MS-DOS archive site somewhere on Internet. It has something like 400 meg. of…
PC CDs from Mac by net?
Message #20353
Hi, I've now got a 486 sitting next to my loyal mac II. I have the apple cd-rom drive on my mac, and it can read ISO 9660 disks just fine. I had been considering buying the 486 its own cd-rom drive, but I'm not sure I can justify the…