Here are the original V2.04 CD with v1.02 Sound disks.

Winimage 10 disk images:

Files from disks:

You are a life saver, cyclone3d. I was worried that this sound version would not work with the 4.00 install of the drive itself, but all is good. Thanks a whole bunch!

And the entertainment today will be Yann Tiersen, whose music sounds no different as a midi (the hum is mostly my AC, but there is a ton of background buzz coming out of this board): https://www.dropbox.com/s/beyv0onqndzj9p2/VID … 171407.mp4?dl=0 😀

You're welcome. Glad it worked for you.

multiplebaboons wrote on 2022-07-09, 23:27:

You are a life saver, cyclone3d. I was worried that this sound version would not work with the 4.00 install of the drive itself, but all is good. Thanks a whole bunch!

And the entertainment today will be Yann Tiersen, whose music sounds no different as a midi (the hum is mostly my AC, but there is a ton of background buzz coming out of this board): https://www.dropbox.com/s/beyv0onqndzj9p2/VID … 171407.mp4?dl=0 😀

That is indeed quite similar. I have the soundtrack CD and while I have not done an A-B compatison, it does sound quite similar to my ears . Nice!

darry wrote on 2022-07-09, 23:53:

That is indeed quite similar. I have the soundtrack CD and while I have not done an A-B compatison, it does sound quite similar to my ears . Nice!

Hehe 😉 The girlfriend who is very slightly older than this Toshiba Satellite just provided her verdict: "a toy computer playing toy tunes."
Another example of a very midi-compatible "toy tune:" https://www.dropbox.com/s/3x1y1ep0kmt4nog/VID … 171151.mp4?dl=0

cyclone3d wrote on 2022-07-09, 02:21:

Do the ones I posted near the beginning of the thread not work for you?

I noted earlier in this thread that the ones you initially posted worked on my 180200, allowing both the CD and sound to function properly.
Maybe those original drivers only works on the 180200 and not the 181200.
Anyone know the difference between these two models?

Pretty sure this is the last driver release:

Ans a list if the different drivers and utilities.
http://web.archive.org/web/20070325212958/htt … loads/index.asp

Pretty sure the CD drive is just a different speed between the 180200 and 181200. Here is the supported model list for the 4.07 \ 4.17 driver. I'll see what driver versions and additional information I can fins about the drive speeds for the ones that aren't listed.

(180200 doesn't list the drive speed on the box. 181200 is 24x and says that is can read CD-R/W disks). This makes me think that the 180200 and older models may have issues with CD-R/W disks.

• Released October 10, 2003. Version 4.07 backpack Plug and Play driver (v4.17.00 for WinNT4). Installs latest backpack driver support for Windows 95, 98, Me, 2000, XP and NT4. Automatically replaces any previous backpack driver installations. Use this Installer/Uninstaller for all backpack rewriter, DVD/CD-ROM and bantam models. Also supports backpack 8000t, pd/cd, and backpack Hard Drives*. Download, then Double-click to install...no SETUP files required! (SIZE: 1412KB)
  
  
  This installation program supports Windows 95, 98, Me, 2000, XP and NT4.
  
  Backpack Plug and Play Software Compatibility List for Win95/98/Me/2000/XP
  All of the following products are supported:
  
  Backpack Plug and Play Software Compatibility List for Win95/98/Me/2000/XP
  All of the following products are supported:
  
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  1Model	Product Name	Serial # Prefix	 
  2142150	Backpack 8000t	141	 
  3152010	Backpack 1.2GB Hard Drive	201	 
  4152020	Backpack 1.6GB Hard Drive	202	 
  5152030	Backpack 2.1GB Hard Drive	205	 
  6152040	Backpack 3.1GB Hard Drive	206	 
  7152050	Backpack 6.4GB Hard Drive	207	 
  8152060	Backpack 8.4GB Hard Drive	208	 
  9153010	Backpack 8.4GB w/PC Card	209	 
  10153015	Backpack 20GB w/PC Card	214 or 234	 
  11154015	Backpack 20GB w/USB Adapter	215 or 235	 
  12154030	Backpack 30GB w/USB Adapter	236 or 264	 
  13154040	Backpack 40GB w/USB Adapter	231	 
  14155010	Backpack 40GB w/USB2	237, 245 or 268	 
  15155015	Backpack 80GB w/USB2	238, 246 or 263	 
  16156020	Backpack 120GB Hard Drive w/USB2 Adapter	269	 
  17152210	Backpack 210MB Hard Drive	222	 
  18152420	Backpack 420MB Hard Drive	224	 
  19152850	Backpack 850MB Hard Drive	285	 
  20163550	Backpack 2x CD	163	 
  21163700	Backpack 2x CD/sound	167	 
  22164550	Backpack 4x CD	164 or 174	 
  23164700	Backpack 4x CD/sound	165	 
  24165550	Backpack 6x CD	169	 
  25165700	Backpack 6x CD/sound	170	 
  26166550	Backpack 8x CD	171 or 179	 
  27166700	Backpack 8x CD/sound	172	 
  28167700	Backpack 32x CD/sound	181	 
  29167550	Backpack 32x CD	180	 
  30170550	Backpack PD/CD	173	 
  31170700	Backpack PD/CD/sound	175	 
  32180100	Backpack bantam	176	 
  33180200	Backpack bantam/sound	177	 
  34181100	Backpack 24x bantam	182	 
  35181100	Backpack 24x bantam	190	 
  36181150	Backpack 24x bantam/Pccard	189	 
  37181200	Backpack 24x bntm/snd	183	 
  38185100	Backpack bntm cd-rw 4x4x24/PCCard	195	 
  39185150	Backpack bntm cd-rw 8x8x24/PCCard	229	 
  40186100	Backpack bntm cdrw 16x10x24/triple play	220 or 247	 
  41190100	Backpack 2x2x6	1840	 
  42190100	Backpack cdrw 2x2x6	1841	 
  43190120	Backpack cdrw 4x2x6	185	 
  44190126	Backpack cdrw 4x2x6	186	 
  45190127	Backpack cdrw 4x2x8	187	 
  46190130	Backpack cdrw 4x4x24	192, 199, or 219	 
  47191100	Backpack cdrw 4x4x24/Pccard	194	 
  48192100	Backpack cdrw 4x4x24/USB	212 or 232	 
  49193200	Backpack cdrw 8x4x32/triple play	216	 
  50193250	Backpack cdrw 8x8x32/triple play	217	 
  51191210	Backpack cdrw 12x10x32/USB2	233 or 933	 
  52195200	Backpack cdrw 32x10x40/triple/USB2	223	 
  53194200	Backpack cdrw 32x10x40/parallel/USB2	225	 
  54195215	Backpack cdrw 40x12x40/triple/USB2	243	 
  55194215	Backpack cdrw 40x12x40/parallel/USB2	244	 
  56200010	Backpack DVD/CD-ROM parallel/USB2	239	 
  57200010	Backpack 16xDVD-ROM 48xCD/parallel/USB2	239	 
  58210010	Backpack bantam DVD/CD-ROM parallel/USB2	241	 
  59194150	Backpack cdrw 16x10x24/parallel/USB2	242	 
  60212010	Backpack cdrw/DVD-ROM 24x12x24x8/triple play	248	 
  

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  61220010	Backpack cdrw/DVD-ROM 48x24x48x16/parallel/USB2	249	 
  62222010	Backpack cdrw 48x24x48/parallel/USB2	251	 
  63221010	Backpack 16xDVD-ROM 48xCD/parallel/USB2	250	 
  64232010	Backpack cdrw 48x24x48/triple/USB2	253	 
  65201005	Backpack 52x CD-ROM/parallel/USB2	254	 
  66222011	Backpack cdrw 52x24x52/parallel/USB2	256	 
  67222011	Backpack cdrw 52x24x52 triple play	257	 
  68222102	Backpack cdrw 52x24x52x/USB2	260	 
  69232011	Backpack cdrw 52x24x52/triple/USB2	257	 
  70222011	Backpack cdrw 52x24x52/parallel/USB2	256	 
  71212010	Backpack bantam 8xDVD-ROM 24x10x24x cdrw	248	 
  72220010	Backpack 16xDVD-ROM 48x24x48x cdrw	249	 
  73224010	Backpack DVD±RW 4x/2.4x/USB2	252	 
  74224101	Backpack DVD+RW 4x/2.4x/USB2	262	 
  75224011	Backpack DVDąRW 8x/4x/USB2	304	 
  76222103	Backpack CD-RW 52x32x52/USB2	305	 
  77222012	Backpack CD-RW 52x32x52/parallel/USB2	306	 
  78232012	Backpack CD-RW 52x32x52/triple/USB2	308	 
  79836	Backpack PC Card	193	 
  80839	Backpack USB Adapter	213	 
  81840	Backpack High Speed USB2 Adapter	218
  

I'm tempted to try it, but one of those much newer drivers just stopped working on my laptop out of nowhere. The drive was gone with "driver was not loaded" in the device manager. After uninstalling and installing the older drivers things are back to operational.

Here is a general question... Seems like there's just a generic CD drive inside the 164x enclosure. Do you guys think replacing it would work?

Yeah, it should just be a standard drive. Not sure if it is IDE or another 40-pin like Panasonic or Mitsumi.

Looking up the model number of the installed drive should clear that right up though.

I got one "181100 Backpack 24x bantam 182" or "181100 Backpack 24x bantam 190" without power adapter, does anyone know how can I find a substitute?

multiplebaboons wrote on 2022-07-11, 01:44:

Here is a general question... Seems like there's just a generic CD drive inside the 164x enclosure. Do you guys think replacing it would work?

cyclone3d wrote on 2022-07-11, 02:52:

Yeah, it should just be a standard drive. Not sure if it is IDE or another 40-pin like Panasonic or Mitsumi.

I wouldn't be too hopeful, as I have tried with one of the Bantam models I have where the drive is malfunctioning and keeps ejecting itself open. It has an IDE interface, and I have tried multiple different drives both the same brand and period correct, and some newer... none of them will initialize. I don't know what they did to the firmware or the drive but the drivers are looking for something. In the attempts I tried, the computer would hang whenever it was connected or booted up with it connected. Frustrating for sure.

However, I have heard of people with the full size units talking about replacing their drives so maybe the full size backpacks don't have the same issue? I just know the Bantams can't.

The Bantam 181100/181200 both use the TEAC CD-224E-903 drive.

Take care when opening the case, because it's easy to break it. These things were not designed for ease of disassembly.