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Article #1045External CD drive - what else do I need?
From: Jocelyn Lavin
Date: Mon, 08 Jun 1998 00:00
Date: Mon, 08 Jun 1998 00:00
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Help!!!! This isn't really a matter of life + death, but it's sooooooo frustrating.... I have an LCIII, which (as you will probably know) has no CD drive. I've been meaning to get one for ages - if only so I can play Myst + Civ 2! Last week I was given an Apple "Power CD". I knew I needed a cable, so I ordered it, and Myst/Civ 2, together. The games arrived first, and I've been *dying* for the cable to come so I can play. Well, it came today, and it (the CD drive) still doesn't work! The cable fits fine. I have a Zip drive too, and I have that connected to the SCSI port on the Mac, and the CD drive to the SCSI port on the Zip drive. After reading the LCIII manual (there was no manual with the CD drive) I reckon I need some driver software. But what do I need? And where can I get it online? And does that explain why the CD drive shows no signs of life - not even any lights? (It has no external power supply, so I presume it gets its power from the Mac). I'm also aware that the CD drive, being the last device in the chain, needs to be terminated - how can I tell if it has an internal terminator? Any help much appreciated - especially tonight!!
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10b5a2,45f9f40639311d87,start X-Google-Attributes: gid10b5a2,public From: jocelyn@wardle.demon.co.uk (Jocelyn Lavin) Subject: External CD drive - what else do I need? Date: 1998/06/08 Message-ID: <B1A1F08E9668166F8@wardle.demon.co.uk> X-Deja-AN: 360758139 X-NNTP-Posting-Host: wardle.demon.co.uk:158.152.133.18 X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net X-Trace: news.demon.co.uk 897331628 nnrp-08:20267 NO-IDENT wardle.demon.co.uk:158.152.133.18 Organization: Rydings Special School, Rochdale Newsgroups: demon.tech.mac