sunkindly wrote on 2025-10-21, 00:08:

IT'S ALIVE!!!!!! Holy heck, I can't believe it. My hands are red from clapping. […]
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sunkindly wrote on 2025-10-16, 18:50:

Thermalwrong wrote on 2025-10-16, 03:46:

I wish you luck with getting your one working 😀

Thanks! If it doesn't work off the bat I'll likely open it up as you did yours and poke around.

IT'S ALIVE!!!!!! Holy heck, I can't believe it. My hands are red from clapping.

Took a bit of digging to find the drivers but this post was super helpful:
https://retechvintage.blogspot.com/2025/08/an … -get-it-to.html

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An update on the CDR-80: I'm assuming it's the Trantor T100 controller but connection to the drive on boot is inconsistent. Sometimes the host adapter isn't found, sometimes the device inquiry fails, sometimes the adapter is found yet the CD driver fails to load, sometimes the inquiry fails yet the CD drive still detects, and sometimes both the adapter and drive find each other with no problems. Even using a properly terminated cable didn't change the inconsistency. So I swapped out the Trantor CD driver for aspicd.sys and the CDR-80 accepts it so...I've ordered an Adaptec controller from 1990 and I'm *hoping* it'll resolve this issue.