Re: Non-Apple CD? Thanks

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From: Glenn Brackenridge
Date: Thu, 03 Dec 1998 00:00

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Hi,

Looks like I have the info I need.  (FWB?)

I'll update everyone after I have finished a titanic struggle with the Dark
Force (trying to get a PC to work!)

GB
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In article <1djbuqu.lelbm81ynx9wkN@[192.168.0.1]>,
filter@firthcom.demon.co.uk (Steve Firth) wrote:

Glenn Brackenridge <glenn@gbrack.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> I have a toshiba one that works fine on a PC running W95 (Advansys SCSI)
> 
> SCSI probe sees it, Norton reads a CD label, but MacOS won;t mount it.
> 
> Any ideas?

As others have said, you need a driver. I happily run a Yamaha and a
Sony CD-ROM on one Mac, and a Panasonic on another. I use the FWB CD-ROM
toolkit which also does useful CD-ROM acceleration.

-- 
Steve Firth                . 
  dtm@firthcom.demon.co.uk . 
Message and .sig (c) 1998  . 
$500 to reproduce either.  .

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