Well I found the App called 'Emergency Unlock' which is now carried by PowerOn, updated just last year and works with OS9. Unfortunately it had no effect nor did it even see the DVD/RAM drive even with a blank formatted disk on the desktop.
I am beginning to believe that the copy protect is either faulty or not depressing properly when a disk is inserted. As for doing the scan after running DW, made no difference. Still freezes system up. Dave >> Locked CDRW and DVDRW drives must be a known issue because the wonderful UNIX >> CDRW and DVD burning software "CDRDAO" includes a button to unlock the drive. >> This software is available as part of the full package for Windozes called >> "VCDEasy" and "Missing CD burning tools" for Mac OSX. Also available for >> LINUX. In fact Mac OS 8/9 are pretty much the only OS's for which it isn't >> available which is really too bad as I love it and started using in Win 98 >> but >> since it is available for OSX use it there. In fact Video in OSX has enough >> apps I no longer need to use Windozes anymore at all! Even though a couple of >> Windozes apps are still faster/better then the OSX versions. I mention CDRDAO >> because if you had or knew someone with a PC or OSX you could maybe hook your >> DVD drive up and unlock it using one of these apps. I don't know of any MAC >> OS >> 9 app that has this feature . There are several Mac CD burning apps I haven't >> used much nor in a long time that could I suppose have this feature(toast >> doesn't have it) >> > This seems worth pursuing. Last night I found a reference that there is one > or two old apps out there called Emergency Unlock which was from Fifth > Generation and another called Floppy Unlocker (which was for floppy drives > locking up) but whether they would work on OS9 or this problem? I don't know > yet but I'm sniffing out the issue. > > > > Dave -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.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/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
