external cd rom hookup to powerbook 170

External Since: Apr 02, 2004 Posts: 2

I need advise in how to hook up an external cd-rom drive ..I understand that
I need some software or drivers for this task....I have it hooked to a scsi
cable but the powerbook won't recognize it...I'm running sys 7.01 on it with
8megs of ram...thanks for any help.....Greg

External Since: Dec 16, 2003 Posts: 366

In article <8S2bc.8001$Pk3.5041@pd7tw1no>,
"Greg Roche" <rainbows3 RemoveThis @shaw.ca> wrote:

> I need advise in how to hook up an external cd-rom drive ..I understand that
> I need some software or drivers for this task....I have it hooked to a scsi
> cable but the powerbook won't recognize it...I'm running sys 7.01 on it with
> 8megs of ram...thanks for any help.....Greg
>
>

Errmmm...
I *THINK* 7.01 is too early to include the various CD access drivers.
Seems to me that the Apple "CDSC 300" external SCSI CD-ROM drive (The
first CD-ROM aimed at the Mac that I know about) first showed up at
about the same time that 7.1 or 7.5.0 was released, but my memory is
hazy that far back.

You may have no option but to jump to a newer OS to get the drivers.
7.5.5 is possible on the 140 (170 is just a 140 with a 25MHz procesor
instead of a 16Mhz processor) and can be downloaded from the Apple
website. It's a little bit doggy on my 140, but it's within the realm of
usable.

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