At 10:21 +0000 on 28/03/02, Charles Butcher wrote:

>Trouble is, audio CDs produce no sound when playing. I assume this is
>because the "audio out" pins on the back of the drive have to be
>connected to something on the motherboard. Can some kind person tell
>me how?

You need a 4-connector CD audio cable.  I think it needs to be about 8"
long for the Q800.

>Another question: will this machine boot from a CD? I have made a CD
>copy of the system folder (7.5.1), but it won't boot the machine even
>when it's set as the startup disk (SCSI ID is 3). I can't seem to
>bless the system folder, either on the Quadra or by copying it to an
>iMac, so I guess this could be the reason it won't start from the CD.
>Any ideas?

What are you using to make the CD?  Older versions of Toast (prior to 4)
had some quirks that made the creation of bootable CDs a rather black art.

the pickle

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