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- From: ac224@detroit.freenet.org (Jim Harvey)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: NEC CDR25 Fix?
- Date: 3 Apr 1996 00:38:51 GMT
- Organization: Greater Detroit Free-Net, Detroit, MI
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- References: <4j9qao$aa9@mark.ucdavis.edu>
- Reply-To: ac224@detroit.freenet.org (Jim Harvey)
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- In a previous article, szmagic@boris.ucdavis.edu (Richard Hill) says:
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- >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 off,
- >wait for boot to complete and then turn it back on. I have had problems
- >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. Anyone
- >out there have a fix for the NEC CDR25?
- >
- >rrhill@ucdavis.edu
- >
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- my 2000 with 2091 hangs with the CDR25 for about 30 seconds but will then
- go on with the boot. I have found that if I give it the three finger salute
- immediately after it hangs, the machine comes up normally.
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- Jim Harvey - WB8NBS - 18538 Inkster - Redford, Mich. 48240 Amiga Person
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