Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!ginosko!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!apple!dlyons From: dlyons@Apple.COM (David Lyons) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: CD only works on Mac Message-ID: <35048@apple.Apple.COM> Date: 26 Sep 89 23:58:57 GMT References: <8909261623.aa02344@SMOKE.BRL.MIL> Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA Lines: 23 In article <8909261623.aa02344@SMOKE.BRL.MIL> MMPR004@ECNCDC.BITNET writes: >Ah, at least I know my mind is not completely gone! An Apple Dealer brought >in another CD player, and it works just fine on the two scsi cards and >cables. But, mine does not work on the GS, it only works on a Mac. What >seems to be the problem? Do I really need to buy two CD players for two >computers? One for the GS, and one for the Mac? > >scott hutinger mmpr004@ecncdc.bitnet The only thing I can think of is that the folks you loaned your CD player to changed the SCSI Priority on it...maybe to 7, which is the default setting for the Apple SCSI card. (As I understand it, Macs are priority 0, so any nonzero priority is fine for a Mac, and any non-7 priority is okay for an Apple II SCSI card.) -- --Dave Lyons, Apple Computer, Inc. | DAL Systems AppleLink--Apple Edition: DAVE.LYONS | P.O. Box 875 AppleLink--Personal Edition: Dave Lyons | Cupertino, CA 95015-0875 GEnie: D.LYONS2 or DAVE.LYONS CompuServe: 72177,3233 Internet/BITNET: dlyons@apple.com UUCP: ...!ames!apple!dlyons My opinions are my own, not Apple's.