gft_robert@gsbacd.uchicago.edu (08/30/90)
-------- How does one get the CD player DA (the one which allows you to play music CD's on your Mac) from Apple to work? Specifically: we've got a CD-ROM player set up with speakers and the DA running and we're all ready to go. But when a disk is inserted, it's popped back out with the message "this is not a Macintosh disk". No duh. How is one supposed to do this? Setup info: Mac IIfx, Apple CD-ROM player, Multifinder 6.whatever. Any info much appreciated (my client wants to be able to listen to "The Best of Cream" and "The Canadian Brass; go figure. :->). Robert ============================================================================ = gft_robert@gsbacd.uchicago.edu * generic disclaimer: * "It's more fun to = = * all my opinions are * compute" = = * mine * -Kraftwerk = ============================================================================
blob@Apple.COM (Brian Bechtel) (08/30/90)
gft_robert@gsbacd.uchicago.edu writes: >-------- >How does one get the CD player DA (the one which allows you to play music CD's >on your Mac) from Apple to work? >Specifically: we've got a CD-ROM player set up with speakers and the DA running >and we're all ready to go. But when a disk is inserted, it's popped back out >with the message "this is not a Macintosh disk". No duh. You need the files "Audio CD Access" and "Foreign File Access" in your System Folder. Put them there (from your distribution CD-ROM software disk, or from apple.com via anonymous ftp) and reboot. If you intend to use CD-ROMs formatted in either ISO 9660 or High Sierra format, you'll need the additional files "ISO 9660 File Access" or "High Sierra File Access" which come from the same places. --Brian Bechtel blob@apple.com "My opinion, not Apple's"
bhall@pbs.org (Dark Star) (08/30/90)
In article <1990Aug29.203541.517@midway.uchicago.edu>, gft_robert@gsbacd.uchicago.edu writes: > -------- > > How does one get the CD player DA (the one which allows you to play music CD's > on your Mac) from Apple to work? > > Specifically: we've got a CD-ROM player set up with speakers and the DA running > and we're all ready to go. But when a disk is inserted, it's popped back out > with the message "this is not a Macintosh disk". No duh. > Did you use the installer from the Apple "CD Setup" disk? It copies another INIT called "Foreign File Access" and the foreign format modules for High Sierra, ISO 9660, and *audio*. Once it is there, then the CD will show up on the desktop and you can play it with the "CD Remote" DA. -- Bruce Hall Domain: bhall@pbs.org Public Broadcasting Service UUCP:...{uupsi,vrdxhq,csed-1,ida.org}!pbs!bhall Phone: 703/739-5048 "Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes" - Oscar Wilde
russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto) (08/30/90)
In article <1990Aug29.203541.517@midway.uchicago.edu> gft_robert@gsbacd.uchicago.edu writes: >Specifically: we've got a CD-ROM player set up with speakers and the DA running >and we're all ready to go. But when a disk is inserted, it's popped back out >with the message "this is not a Macintosh disk". No duh. You need to put the 'Foreign File Access' INIT in your System Folder, and also the 'Audio CD Access' file. Both are on the Apple CD-ROM disk. -- Matthew T. Russotto russotto@eng.umd.edu russotto@wam.umd.edu .sig under construction, like the rest of this campus.
demarsee@gamera.acs.syr.EDU (Darryl E. Marsee) (08/31/90)
>You need the files "Audio CD Access" and "Foreign File Access" in your >System Folder. Put them there (from your distribution CD-ROM software >disk, or from apple.com via anonymous ftp) and reboot. >If you intend to use CD-ROMs formatted in either ISO 9660 or High Sierra >format, you'll need the additional files "ISO 9660 File Access" or "High >Sierra File Access" which come from the same places. Is there any hope that this will also work under A/UX 2.0 in the future? It's rather annoying to have a CD-ROM that can only read Mac and A/UX formats, as I have quite a few ISO 9660 and High Sierra disks that I can no longer access now that I've moved to A/UX 2.0.
freeman@argosy.UUCP (Jay R. Freeman) (08/31/90)
In article <1990Aug29.203541.517@midway.uchicago.edu> gft_robert@gsbacd.uchicago.edu writes: >-------- > >How does one get the CD player DA (the one which allows you to play music CD's >on your Mac) from Apple to work? > >Specifically: we've got a CD-ROM player set up with speakers and the DA running >and we're all ready to go. But when a disk is inserted, it's popped back out >with the message "this is not a Macintosh disk". No duh. I had symptoms of that sort while integrating an Apple CD-ROM with my (old) Mac II a few weeks ago; I could get an audio CD to mount but I got a "not a Macintosh disk" message for data CD-ROMs. It turns out that the fix was to substitute a *longer* SCSI cable than the minimum necessary for putting the CD-ROM beside the Mac. Specifically, it did not work with a two-foot SCSI cable but worked fine with five feet. I mentioned the problem on the net, and one person replied that a longer SCSI cable had made it work. That's what prompted me to try one. Good luck. -- Jay Freeman <canonical disclaimer -- I speak only for myself>