At 09:03 AM 21/06/02 +1200, Ian Orchard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >I bought a CD off eBay "The Ultimate Palm CD". Arrives a couple of >days later (not bad for USA to NZ) but my Beige G3 / OS9.2 can't see >it. Neither can a neighbour's nameless Wintel box or an Lime iMac. >But another Wintel box and another Beige G3 / OS9.1 with a Firewire >CDRW can see it, no problem. > >So I can whip off a copy all right, but I still want to know why my >G3 can't see it but my friend's can? Any suggestions?
Is it a pressed disk or burned? Anyway, there's something marginal about its format. One drive can handle it, another can't. Used to have similar problems with floppies; sometimes I would try half a dozen machines in an office to find one that could read a particular floppy. Can't hurt to clean the disk and your drives (CD cleaning disks with a little brush on them are cheap.) Some CDROMs can ONLY be read in a burner, eg disks where the session hasn't been closed. There is lots of diagnostic CD software, for Windows there is CDR-diag, http://www.cdrom-prod.com/ for a demo, which will test the disk. Also, go to http://www.cdmediaworld.com/hardware/cdrom/cd_utils.shtml for a collection of CD utilities. The CDR FAQ http://www.cdrfaq.org/ has lots more info. -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
