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- From: rdavis@nyx10.cs.du.edu (Robert Davis)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: NEC CDR25 Fix?
- Date: 1 Apr 1996 16:14:49 -0700
- Organization: University of Denver, Math/CS Dept.
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- Clint Marek <clintm@icsi.net> writes:
-
- >Richard Hill wrote:
- >>
- >> My Medivision NEC CDR25 CDROM drive gives me problems. When I boot my
- >> A3000, if I have it on, it freezes the boot process until I turn it of
- ,
- >> wait for boot to complete and then turn it back on. I have had proble
- s
- >> trying to run software under SS using my MediaVision
- >> CD drive. It accesses fine, for a while, then the SCSI light comes on
- >> and stays on and everything freezes. I have tweaked with sync/async
- >> transfers, no diff. I tried running and old (even older than the
- >> MediaVision Nec CDR25) Teac CDROM drive. Perfect. No problems. Anyo
- e
- >> out there have a fix for the NEC CDR25?
- >>
- >> rrhill@ucdavis.edu
-
- >I have a CDR-25 connected to my A3000 (OS3.1, WD33C93-08). I am using
- >AsimCDFS 2.0. Both data and audio CDs work fine (I use AsimTunes for
- >audio CDs). The CD-ROM must be powered on for my system to boot, as it
- >is supplying termination power (I don't think termination power is
- >supplied on the external 25-pin SCSI connector from the SCSI conroller,
- >but I have not confirmed this) for the external bus, and the drive came
- >with a 6ft cable!
-
- >Clint
- ==========
- And my CDR-25 works OK on my A3000, but I am now using
- a (MediaVision) ReNo.
- The key to getting the CDROM drive to work on the A3000
- was the -08 version of the Western Digital SCSI IC.
-
- I am currently using Ami CD FS version 2.6
- which seems to work quite well.
-
- --
- rdavis@nyx.net Robert (Bob) Davis
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