From: Bruce Markowitz (scosgt_at_worldnet.att.net)
Date: Thu Jan 14 1999 - 16:08:47 EST
If you are using DirectCD, you need to install the packet reader software to
get your drive to read it!
www.adaptec.com
-----Original Message-----
From: David Talkington <dtalk_at_prairienet.org>
To: Thinkpad LISTSERV <THINKPAD_at_cs.utk.edu>
Date: Thursday, January 14, 1999 11:20 AM
>Anyone besides me having great difficulty getting CDs created by Adaptec's
>DirectCD to be read in Thinkpads? Mine's a 1720i, and it really doesn't
>like home-burned CDs. It's very slow to recognize commercial disks, as
>well. Not good for much but installing software, which is ok, but since I
>back up software onto homemade CDs, the trouble reading packet-written
media
>is an issue. Simply won't read some files, and takes a very long time to
>pick up others.
>
>I know not all drives can handle these disks, but this machine is only a
>month old, and I thought all (most?) new drives could deal with them. My
>workaround is to use a network CD drive, but that's not an option on the
>road ... Not really a reason to consider it defective, just an annoying
>shortcoming.
>
>David Talkington
>User Support
>Prairienet / Community Networking Initiative
>
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