Hi Graeme, Another Ozzie here ...
I think you have three main options here, my preferred one isn't the cheapest, but I believe it is the most reliable. 1) Buy a second hand Apple ROMmed CD drive, 4X and 8X ones should be reasonable cheap, although not too easy to find. Look on eBay and the local classified. Any Apple SCSI CD drive from 1995 onward is going to be OK. 2X drives might or might not be able to read CDRWs. So go for an Apple CD (this is my favourite option) 2) Use the CD extension from system 7.6 (cheapest) 3) Buy a new copy of CD Toolkit or Intech CD drivers (do not recall the exact denomination) - This might give you some extra option you'll probably never need, like caching, etc ..., but at the end of the day it is also the most expensive. Option n.1 is my favourite because that way you gain a bootable CD drive and one that won't need special drivers or new drivers when you upgrade OS. HTH Cheers Andrea > From: Graeme Oxley > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Cd Rom driver for PTP 180 > > Hi all, > > I need some help to get the CD-ROM in my recently > acquired PTP 180 going. snip > 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 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.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>
