>I recently bought a Panasonic KXL-D340 external CD-ROM player. It included >a PC Card adapter, that appears on the desktop as a SCSI Card. However, the >CD-ROM it is not recognized. I suppose it needs a driver. I googled it but >can find only Windoze drivers. >Anyone knows if there is a Mac driver that recognizes a PC Card SCSI Adapter?
IIRC, no Mac driver was released for this PC card, as most of the PBs extant when this product was released had builtin SCSI ports. I believe the design of the card was Adaptec's, and Panasonic manufactured the card under license. If a Mac driver was ever released for this card, it would most likely come from Adaptec, not from Panasonic. It is possible to support this drive through the PB or DT/MT SCSI port through the usual mods to Apple's CD or CD/DVD driver. I've used this drive on machines from the PB 500 to the G3 MT. The advantages include builtin stereo speakers (with an included cable to the PB/DT/MT itself) and battery power. The disadvantage is it requires a Mac (DB-25 or HD-30) to SCSI-2 cable, or a SCSI-1 to SCSI-2 adapter plus the usual Mac to SCSI-1 cable, none of which is/are included in the kit. I elected to use a SCSI-1 to SCSI-2 adapter plus my usual DT/MT (DB-25) or PB (HD-30) cable. As a portable solution, the Panasonic drive is light-years ahead of the terrible "Rio" (NEC ?) drive. Once source of a patch is: http://www.pure-mac.com/hard.html#cdpatch However, there are several others. My own favorite is: http://www.graphixmad.plus.com/mac_troubleshooter/cdrom_problems.html However, this requires use of ResEdit. -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
