Friends:
I recently got a nice 1400/166 which I am really excited about and which came with a floppy drive cartridge but no CDROM cartridge. It's running OS 8.0 which I'd like to update to 8.1 and install some other software but I thought, no problem I'll use my regular external CD drive at least for a while. Picked up a SCSI adapter. Hooked up the external CD drive - nothing. Well that's not a big surprise because it's a non-Apple drive. I figured, no problem I'll just install Apple CD extension 5.3.1 which reads non-Apple CD drives and that'll take care of it. Nothing. Double-checked the Powerbook and adapter by hooking up a Zip Drive to it, and it works just fine. Double-checked the CD drive by hooking it up to a Performa 636 running OS 7.6.1 and CD Extension 5.3.1 and that works just fine too. As a final check, I hooked the CD drive up to my PM 6500 running OS 8.6 and it won't work on that either. So now I am forced to conclude that my beloved extension 5.3.1 doesn't work with OS 8.x ! Can someone confirm this, and can someone tell me if there is some other way to get this non-Apple external CD drive to work on the 1400 ? (I mean, other than going to 7.6.1 ... ). Last week there was a thread on this list about jumper settings and SCSI termination on a 1400 with an external drive. Will it do any good to take this non-Apple drive apart and start fiddling with the jumpers ?? Thanks for any help, Bruce -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; 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/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
