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- From: mworden@public.compusult.nf.ca (Mark Worden)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: CD-ROM on A3000: Need SuperBuster11?
- Date: 25 Jan 1996 20:25:04 GMT
- Organization: Compusult Limited - Public Access Unix
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- I have an NEC CDR-25 external CD-ROM drive (single-speed I think)
- connected to the SCSI port on my A3000, and I'm using WB 2.1. I have my
- 100 MB Quantum hard drive set up as SCSI device unit #1, while the
- CD-ROM is set at device unit #6. Anyway, there are a few quirks with the
- CD-ROM, such as:
-
- - having to have a non-audio CD in the drive at boot-up (if a regular
- audio CD is inserted at boot-up, then the hard drive light and
- CD-ROM light comes on and stays on, nothing further happens)
- - sometimes when using the CD-ROM for playing music CD's (as
- using JukeBox), the hard drive light (i.e. SCSI controller)
- becomes locked and I have to turn the CD-ROM off. If I'm
- multitasking when this happens (as in accessing the hard drive),
- I get a requester stating a read/write error on the hard drive
- (once I've turned the CD-ROM off). After the CD-ROM is turned off,
- the hard drive light goes out, I click on "Retry" and the so-called
- read/write error is gone, and things are normal again.
-
- Someone once suggested getting a new SuperBuster chip (rev. 11?) to
- replace the one in my A3000. The info on the chip currently installed says:
-
- 390539-07
- 71-SuperBuster
- CBM '89,'90
- 3491 51013G
-
- What exactly will the new chip do for my A3000 and CD-ROm drive?
-
- Please e-mail me with any info and suggestions.
-
- Thanks.
-
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