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Jocelyn Lavin <jocelyn@wardle.demon.co.uk> wrote:

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> 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".
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> 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?

If it's got an internal terminator, there will be a small switch
probably on the back to turn it on or off.

All external SCSI devices I have seen have their own PSU; I'm pretty
sure that the SCSI bus isn't meant to supply operating power for
anything.  The normal run of things is that you supply mains to the
internal PSU of each external SCSI device with an IEC lead (the same
sort that supplies the power to your Mac).

If it's an Apple CD-ROM drive, the driver software should come with the
OS.  Which OS are you using?  At least one incarnation of 7.1 has a
separate disc with the CD-ROM driver software on it, but the CD-ROM
software arrives with a standard install of the Performa variant of 7.1.
The Apple CD-ROM extension is part of 7.6 and 7.6.1.

If you've not got an extension called `Apple CD-ROM', it's probably as
well to try re-installing the OS.

Rowland.

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