Re: Non-Apple CD?

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From: Paul Womar
Date: Tue, 01 Dec 1998 00:00

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

> Anyone ever got a non-Apple CD to work on a Mac?

Sure, virtually every clone machine for a start.
 
> 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?

The Apple CD drivers don't work on non-apple drives, or at least they
didn't before, I think in 8.5 there may be 3rd part support but I'm not
entirely sure.  I've added uk.comp.sys.mac, hopefully someone there has
tried it.  Anyway if not then CD ROM Toolkit is the answer, www.fwb.com.
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