Re: Non-Apple CD?

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From: Rebecca and Rowland
Date: Tue, 01 Dec 1998 00:00

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Paul Womar <{$PW$}@pwomar.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> 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,

The Apple CD-ROM driver that comes with System 7.6 (not 7.6.1) will try
and run non Apple CD-ROM drives.   I suspect this was a slip-up on
Apple's part.

[snip]

Rowland.

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