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- Short: Amiga tool to change the flash ROM of Plextor and Yamaha CD writers
- Author: Patrick.Ohly@gmx.de
- Uploader: patrick@core.de
- Version: 1.2
- Type: disk/cdrom
- Kurz: Amiga Tool zum Aendern des Flash-ROMs von Plextor- und Yamaha-Brennern
- Date: 02.09.99
- Url: http://makecd.core.de/
-
-
- Introduction
- ------------
- FlashROM is a tool to update the flash ROM of a SCSI or
- ATAPI drive. At the moment it supports Plextor and Yamaha
- CD writers. A complete list is given below, together with
- remarks about supporting other hardware. Any SCSI or ATAPI
- device can be used as long as it is compliant to the Amiga
- SCSI direct standard.
-
-
- Disclaimer
- ----------
- Neither the author of this tool nor the vendor of the drive
- shall be held responsible for any damages or losses, direct
- or consequential, resulting from the use, or inability to
- use the software. This applies even if the authors have been
- made aware of the possibility of losses or damage.
-
- FlashROM is copyright 1998-99 by Patrick Ohly. Copying and
- usage are allowed for free as long as no profit is made in
- doing so. Commercial distribution or distribution together
- with commercial products or commercial usage of FlashROM
- require the permission of the author.
-
-
- MakeCD + Availability of FlashROM
- ---------------------------------
- FlashROM was brought to you by the author who also wrote the
- SCSI, IO and GUI part of MakeCD, an "excellent" (Amiga Format
- #112) CD writing software for the Amiga. In contrast to one
- of our competitors I have decided not to restrict the usage
- of this tool to the users of our CD writing software.
-
- MakeCD does not need such an exclusive feature to be worth
- its money and I don't want anybody to buy it just to update his
- or her drive. Of course you are welcome to have a look at
- MakeCD in case that you should not know or use it already. An
- only slightly restricted demo of the current version is
- available at "http://makecd.core.de/". You will also find the
- current version of FlashROM there.
-
- I also believe that updating the firmware of drives is not one
- of the tasks a CD writing software should take care of. I regret
- that our competitor was not able to make their tool available
- to the Amiga community for free because of costs they had and
- still would have and because of their liability in case of a
- damage. I understand their objections and even though I decided
- to go a different way I share them, so once again in plain
- English: FLASHROM COMES WITH ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY OR SUPPORT!
-
-
- Known drives
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-
- PLEXTOR CD-R PX-R412C (flash mode not enabled)
- PLEXTOR *Program Mode1* (a PX-R412C with flash mode enabled)
-
- PLEXTOR CD-R PX-R820T
- PLEXTOR CD-R PX-W4220T
- PLEXTOR CD-R PX-W8220T
- PLEXTOR CD-ROM PX-40TS
- PLEXTOR CD-ROM PX-40TW
-
- YAMAHA CDR400c
- YAMAHA CDR400t
- YAMAHA CDR401t
- YAMAHA CDR200c
- YAMAHA CDR200t
- YAMAHA CRW2260
- YAMAHA CRW2260t
- YAMAHA CRW4260
- YAMAHA CRW4260t
- YAMAHA CRW4261
- YAMAHA CRW4001
- YAMAHA CRW2216S
- YAMAHA CRW2216E
- YAMAHA CRW4416S
- YAMAHA CRW4416E
- YAMAHA CRW6416S
- YAMAHA CRW6416E
-
- Compatible drives are supported, too.
-
-
- History
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-
- V1.0 - initial release for Plextor PX-R412C
- V1.1 - added support for Yamaha drives and Plextor PX-R820T
- V1.2 - added recognition of Yamaha CRW6416S/E and support for
- Plextor CD-ROM 40TS/W,
- added simple file check for Plextor firmware files
-
-
- Support for other drives
- ------------------------
-
- Here are my preconditions for adding support of other drives:
-
- 1. The vendor supports the implementation by providing the
- documentation of the required commands.
- 2. I won't be held liable for any damage.
- 3. I get at least one free example of the hardware.
- 4. The hardware should be fairly well spreaded.
-
- Item 1 and 2 are absolutely necessary - especially analyzing other
- software to learn about the required commands is out of question. The
- other items however are negotiable: if someone is willing to pay me,
- such offers are welcome. I have to live on something in the end, and
- eating hardware isn't very healthy ;-)
-