DatEXT CD-ROM questions - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

25 May 1999

The CD ROM no longer spins up to read the disk.

The CD that I am using is Windows 3.0 with Multimedia Extensions 1.0.  I
used it previously to install Windows on my 5170.
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                -Jason Willgruber
               (roblwill(a)usaor.net)
                   ICQ#: 1730318
<http://members.tripod.com/general_1>

-----Original Message-----
From: John Foust &lt;jfoust(a)threedee.com&gt;
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
&lt;classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu&gt;
Date: Tuesday, May 25, 1999 7:45 AM
Subject: Re: DatEXT CD-ROM questions

...
 At 06:15 PM 5/24/99 -0700, Jason (the General) wrote:
>The unit was working fine when I powered it down and moved the computer
>across my basement a few months ago.  When I powered it up today, the CD-ROM
...
  driver will
load, but it won't read any disks. 
Have you tried to read a *contemporary* CD, or a CD that you know
is in pure old-style ISO-9660 CD format?  Some of the newer extensions
could be throwing the driver for a loop.

- John