Found the maker and model number: CD-ROM drive Driver version 1.3.5 Vendor: MATSHITA Revision NO 8.0h Product ID CD-ROM CR-8008
Searched for MATSHITA and ended up on the Panasonic site but could not find details for CR-8008. However, I did find an article on another site, an extract being: Gateway phasing out CD-ROMs, CRTs By Michael Kanellos Special to ZDNet News October 15, 2002, 5:13 AM PT Buyers will get a discount if they choose to switch an LCD screen for a standard monitor, but most customers generally go with the standard configurations shown on the Web page and in Gateway Country Stores. The shift from CD-ROM drives and CRTs has been taking place slowly but surely across the industry. Most computer companies have largely phased out CD-ROMs in favor of CD-RWs, offering CD-ROMs only in the cheapest models. Could this mean my CD-ROM will not read rewritable disks unless changed to a CD-RW drive? Merv At 11:17 AM +0800 3/11/02, Bob Howells wrote: >Mervyn & Giuliana Bond wrote: > >> Thanks for the suggestion Bob. Tried it but no joy. >> Maybe my CD-ROM drive is too old for read-write CDs - > >You may be right ! Use Apple System Profiler to see if you >can establish it's make and model number, then try for info >from the makers's Support area. > >Bob > >> or is there a >> driver update that might fix it? >> Merv >> >> At 8:06 PM +0800 2/11/02, Bob Howells wrote: >> >Try pressing Apple, Option and I >> >which may mount it on the desktop >> > >> >Bob >> > >> >Mervyn & Giuliana Bond wrote: >> > >> >> My machine is a PowerMac Performa 6400 running OS 9.0.4. >> >> >> >> A RW disc burnt on Toast on an iMac was given to me to read and my >> >> machine could not "see" it, that is, no icon appeared on the Desk >> >> Top. Ordinary read only disks can be seen without any bother. >> >> >> >> Any thoughts please? >> >> >> > > Merv > > -- -- "Science teaches that we must see in order to believe, but we must also believe in order to see." [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
