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MacOS on Amiga, QT3 Codecs & MacOS8 stuff

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My CD-ROMs tested on Shapeshifter & Fusion

The Hybrid CD Overview
Yoda's CD-R Page
Deja News - comp.publish.cdrom
download.com/mac/ CD-ROM driver
EMedia Professional: Computer, Multimedia, CD-ROM, CD-R and DVD Information
CD-R Technical Library
The Mac CD Gaming Forum
John Stiles' CD Debugging Page
CD Extra Mac Troubleshooting
Microboards Technology, Inc.
Future CD -Future CD provides CDR and DVD solutions to the end user.

CD-ROM Software - Free Access

Apple CD-ROM_Software
Independent from your actual CD-ROM driver you must always install Foreign File Access.
Some 3rd party driver do that for you, but here is always the newest version.
If you have problems with CD-I, CD-Extra or MixMode-CDs, change the loading order of the
Foreign File Access Libraries by renaming "ISO9660" to " ISO9660".
The only driver for all CD-ROM drives is version 5.3.1 from System 7.6
Actually, i do not use Apple CD-ROM because of Macsbug-hits with my 68060, which cause crashes/freezes.
Modify Apple's CD-DVD drivers to mount third party drives
cdplusgplayer1.01.sit.hqx    Only for SONY (Apple) ; Looks like the CD-Graphics player in CDT
Load A Drive - without restarting
Sony Computer Products In Europe - Download Area / Drivers - get Sony Discman PRD 2.0 from here. It is actually CD Mounter Pro 3.2.0 from Software Architects. It accepts my Toshiba 3801, but not Philips 2600 and Teac 532, unfortunatelly it does not support CD-Extra or CD-I in this version (see below).
NEC SpeedyCD.hqx    Only for NEC
Focus/Chinon CD-ROM.sit    Only for Focus/Chinon
CD-Sunrise 22c Extension    Freezes 68060 environment
Toast-CD-Reader - Check out Adaptecs Page for compatibility list
Pioneer   Only for Pioneer
UDF Access from Adaptec, if you don't have MacOS 8.1
MILES APART - Updates & Demo Version CD-ROM Changer
Kodak: Writable CD Information, Software Updates
CD Solutions templates for CD-covers

DirectCD
Sony CD-R - Japan Site is up-to-date
This is a filesystem, that handles a CD-R like a harddrive!
Writing only for Sony CDU92x CD-R, reading for all CD-ROM with Apple or FWB driver
Optima Software
The same idea like the Sony stuff, including on-the-fly compression. Here is a driver: CD-R_Reader.sea.hqx

CD-ROM Mastering
CD Pro Support - Tools for Video CD production
BODY GEAR Demo Mac - The German demo version 3.3.1 crashes with error 12 on all my systems, install Macsbug before trying !
ASTARTE - CD-Copy 2.0b2d did start, but nothing happens; English version crashed immediately
CD-Copy 2.01 Demo tells me it can't be used on my computer (ShapeShifter, Fusion and Powerbook)
This indicates the necessity of asynchronous SCSI Manager :-(

Firmware
Toshiba XM-3501B, XM-3601B, XM-3701B Firmware You need MS-DOS for this update
Pinnacle Micro: Service & Support
Yamaha CD-R 400

CD-ROM Software - Commercial

Mac OS Guide - Hardware
CharisMac CD AutoCache
Yamaha MAC Installation
Optical Media International: Toshiba Driver (?)

electronique d2
Does properly CD-I playback unlike CDT.
Actually it's the german version of Software Architects' CD Mounter
Works fine with real Mac and Fusion, ShapeShifter crashes.

FWB CD-ROM Toolkit
Version 3.01 crashed my ShapeShifter environment again. I got a not so funny message: SCSI Manager will now trash your data. Is this a problem for you?
Version 3.02 cannot be used together with Iomega driver in ShapeShifter.
Works fine with real Mac and Fusion, except from media control settings.
Do not locate disk cache on an extended HFS volume.
If you have a fast CD-ROM you can disable disk cache or the fast option; make some speed tests.
Version 3.02 makes Personality files and 68040 patch obsolete.

Adaptec Toast 3.5 for Macintosh
A little Trivia about SCSI Manager:
On ShapeShifter, Fusion and Powerbooks (except from G3) Toast reports: RAM Cache requires SCSI Manager 4.3.
TattleTech reports: Original SCSI Mgr is Present = Yes Async SCSI Mgr is Present = No
Apple's SCSIExplorer reports after Full Scan : Original SCSI Manager (only) ; if the scan freezes, switch off the current device.
Actually "asynchronous SCSI Manager" means the same as "SCSI Manager 4.3".
Since System 7.5.3 "SCSI Manager 4.3" is integrated into System file.
Apple tells you every detail about SCSI Manager 4.3
Nevertheless the missing RAM Cache in Toast was never a problem for me.

Instead of using Toast's on-the-fly optimization i do use Norton Utilities' Speed Disk with option Optimize for CD-ROM Mastering.

As opposed to the documentation, you have to activate the following in Toast 3.5:
Format ISO9660, Settings, Naming: Allow Macintosh Name
This is the actual ISO format that can be read in like manner by AmigaOS, MacOS and Windows95.

Do not start file names with a period (MacOS Style guide), unless they are Amiga .info files.
Do not use DOS jokers (wildcards) in names.
Do not use SPACE in volume and file names (guess why Installer scripts fail when started from Ram Disk: ).
Limit filenames to 31 characters for ye olde Amiga.
Limit volume name to 11 characters for Windows95 even with Joliet.

Always burn audio CDs in single speed.
Create an image file for uninterrupted data streaming. This prevents jerky audio.
Calculate much time for this whole procedure, but result will satisfy you.
If you burn as session, you can add a datatrack afterwards which is invisible for Audio CD players as opposed to MixMode-CDs.

When using SCSI copy make a run in simulation mode.
One defective sector on the source CD is enough to create a coaster.
You can also scan the source with Disinfectant which lists virii as well as errors.
You cannot SCSI copy a Mixed-Mode CD.

If you write your Amiga data as a MakeCD Blockmedium or MasterISO SCSI image to an IOMEGA JAZ medium,
you can mount this JAZ medium with IOMEGA Guest in MacOS. Now you can easily create a hybrid CD-ROM.

Have fun watching a Windows95 user loading a CD-R with this AUTORUN.INF

Misc

CD-ROM Software - Free Access

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CD-Extra, also known as Bluebook, CD-Plus, CD-Rainbow, Enhanced CD

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