[comp.sys.mac.hardware] Has anyone been able to get a CDR-35 to work?

spain@mdcbbs.com (09/02/90)

Has anyone been able to hook up a CDR-35 (NEC CDROM) to a SCSI port along with
a hard drive?

The (ob)structions point out that the CDROM has to be *before* the hard drive
(in other words the hard drive must be on the end).  Unfortunately, the CDR-35
has only *one* 50 pin connector.

I can get my hard drive to work (two SCSI ports) by itself, and the CDROM works
by itself but when I daisy chain them together the system refuses to see the
hard drive.

The CDROM is hard coded to address 1.  I tried the hard disk at addresses 0, 2,
and 6 (no luck).

Please respond via E-mail and I'll summarize to the net.  Thank you very much!

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spain@mdcbbs.com (09/05/90)

> Has anyone been able to hook up a CDR-35 (NEC CDROM) to a SCSI port along with
> a hard drive?

It turns out that my CDR-35 is *not* compatible with the Macintosh.  You need a
CDR-35D-01!  The folks that sold me the CDR-35 did not know this but the NEC
hot line was most helpful :-).

The words in the install manual that the CDR-35 has to be in between the hard
disk and the Macintosh are rubbish according to the NEC hot line folks.  The
CDROM *has* to be on the end.

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