Graeme, if you or a friend has a copy of MacOS 7.6, you might try the cdrom driver from that. Otherwise, youll have to get CDrom Toolkit or the like to get the CDROM booting.
Cheers...Michael >Hi all, > >I need some help to get the CD-ROM in my recently acquired PTP 180 going. > >It's not a hardware issue as far as I know, as SCSI probe knows that >it's there, and tells me that it's a Philips PCA80SC. But when you >put a disk in it doesn't mount.... > >So it looks like there's a driver missing. I know that there are >problems with using the stock apple drivers in these machines, and >that's what it's got at the moment. It's running OS 8.0, and one of >the reasons that I want to get the CD going is so that I can update >it to 8.6. )-: > >Any help greatly appreciated. I have bought this machine on behalf of >another person, and I need to get the CD-Rom going before I can pass >it on. > >Yours, >Graeme >-- >------------------------------- >Mainly Macintosh >22 Jenkins St. >Taroona >TASMANIA 7053 >AUSTRALIA > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Ph: (03) 6227 9148 >Fax: (03) 6227 9193 >Mob: 0414 284 121 > >"Computers manufactured by companies such as IBM, Compaq, Tandy, and >millions of others are by far the most popular with about 70 million >machines in use worldwide. Macintosh fans, on the other hand, may >note that cockroaches are far more numerous than humans and that >numbers alone do not denote a higher life form." >New York Times, November 26, 1991 > > >-- >Power Computing is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > >123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > >Power Computing list info: <http://lowendmac.com/power/list.html> >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]> >List archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/powercomputing%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > >Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! ><http://www.applelinks.com> -- Power Computing is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Power Computing list info: <http://lowendmac.com/power/list.html> 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]> List archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powercomputing%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
