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From: John McCarvel CDROM Forum · General July 16, 1993 1:49 AM
Brian, You can get a CDROM disk called "MPC Wizard" at your local Egghead store for about $10. It has some utilities and some tests for MPC compatibility, including speed. It also has some beautiful pictures with music. -John
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From: John McCarvel CDROM Forum · General June 29, 1993 8:55 PM
Howard, I just read your fine article (CD0793.ZIP) and am wondering if the new Hitachi XA interface will work with the 3600U (which I have), or if it must be the 3700 model. Do you know? It would be great if I could just switch the interface card and upgrade…
From: John McCarvel CDROM Forum · Drives/Hardware June 27, 1993 5:16 PM
Bill, Thanks for the reply. It is a relief to know that there isn't a problem with the light! It is disappointing to know that the MPC data rate is less than 100KB, because the drive specs in the docs claim that the sustained transfer rate is 175.2KB. I was…
From: John McCarvel CDROM Forum · General June 27, 1993 1:31 PM
Hi! In the Laser3.txt file here in the libraries, a patch is mentioned for the Mixed Up Mother Goose CDROM. "Some Sony users have experienced disk-read errors," it says. I have the Sony Laser Library, which includes Mixed Up Mother Goose, and am experiencing this problem. I can patch files,…
From: John McCarvel CDROM Forum · Drives/Hardware June 27, 1993 5:22 AM
Hi! I just got a Hitachi 3600U CdRom drive, and it installed without any problems. However, I've noticed that the 'Busy" light is on constantly, whether or not the drive is being accessed. Is this normal? (The driver is HITACHIA.SYS 2.20) Also, is the drive Photo CD compatible? There is…