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?
It's all fun and games 'till someone loses an eyeball
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.
Model Product Name Serial # Prefix142150 Backpack 8000t 141152010 Backpack 1.2GB Hard Drive 201152020 Backpack 1.6GB Hard Drive 202152030 Backpack 2.1GB Hard Drive 205152040 Backpack 3.1GB Hard Drive 206152050 Backpack 6.4GB Hard Drive 207152060 Backpack 8.4GB Hard Drive 208153010 Backpack 8.4GB w/PC Card 209153015 Backpack 20GB w/PC Card 214 or 234154015 Backpack 20GB w/USB Adapter 215 or 235154030 Backpack 30GB w/USB Adapter 236 or 264154040 Backpack 40GB w/USB Adapter 231155010 Backpack 40GB w/USB2 237, 245 or 268155015 Backpack 80GB w/USB2 238, 246 or 263156020 Backpack 120GB Hard Drive w/USB2 Adapter 269152210 Backpack 210MB Hard Drive 222152420 Backpack 420MB Hard Drive 224152850 Backpack 850MB Hard Drive 285163550 Backpack 2x CD 163163700 Backpack 2x CD/sound 167164550 Backpack 4x CD 164 or 174164700 Backpack 4x CD/sound 165165550 Backpack 6x CD 169165700 Backpack 6x CD/sound 170166550 Backpack 8x CD 171 or 179166700 Backpack 8x CD/sound 172167700 Backpack 32x CD/sound 181167550 Backpack 32x CD 180170550 Backpack PD/CD 173170700 Backpack PD/CD/sound 175180100 Backpack bantam 176180200 Backpack bantam/sound 177181100 Backpack 24x bantam 182181100 Backpack 24x bantam 190181150 Backpack 24x bantam/Pccard 189181200 Backpack 24x bntm/snd 183185100 Backpack bntm cd-rw 4x4x24/PCCard 195185150 Backpack bntm cd-rw 8x8x24/PCCard 229186100 Backpack bntm cdrw 16x10x24/triple play 220 or 247190100 Backpack 2x2x6 1840190100 Backpack cdrw 2x2x6 1841190120 Backpack cdrw 4x2x6 185190126 Backpack cdrw 4x2x6 186190127 Backpack cdrw 4x2x8 187190130 Backpack cdrw 4x4x24 192, 199, or 219191100 Backpack cdrw 4x4x24/Pccard 194192100 Backpack cdrw 4x4x24/USB 212 or 232193200 Backpack cdrw 8x4x32/triple play 216193250 Backpack cdrw 8x8x32/triple play 217191210 Backpack cdrw 12x10x32/USB2 233 or 933195200 Backpack cdrw 32x10x40/triple/USB2 223194200 Backpack cdrw 32x10x40/parallel/USB2 225195215 Backpack cdrw 40x12x40/triple/USB2 243194215 Backpack cdrw 40x12x40/parallel/USB2 244200010 Backpack DVD/CD-ROM parallel/USB2 239200010 Backpack 16xDVD-ROM 48xCD/parallel/USB2 239210010 Backpack bantam DVD/CD-ROM parallel/USB2 241194150 Backpack cdrw 16x10x24/parallel/USB2 242212010 Backpack cdrw/DVD-ROM 24x12x24x8/triple play 248
220010 Backpack cdrw/DVD-ROM 48x24x48x16/parallel/USB2 249222010 Backpack cdrw 48x24x48/parallel/USB2 251221010 Backpack 16xDVD-ROM 48xCD/parallel/USB2 250232010 Backpack cdrw 48x24x48/triple/USB2 253201005 Backpack 52x CD-ROM/parallel/USB2 254222011 Backpack cdrw 52x24x52/parallel/USB2 256222011 Backpack cdrw 52x24x52 triple play 257222102 Backpack cdrw 52x24x52x/USB2 260232011 Backpack cdrw 52x24x52/triple/USB2 257222011 Backpack cdrw 52x24x52/parallel/USB2 256212010 Backpack bantam 8xDVD-ROM 24x10x24x cdrw 248220010 Backpack 16xDVD-ROM 48x24x48x cdrw 249224010 Backpack DVD±RW 4x/2.4x/USB2 252224101 Backpack DVD+RW 4x/2.4x/USB2 262224011 Backpack DVDąRW 8x/4x/USB2 304222103 Backpack CD-RW 52x32x52/USB2 305222012 Backpack CD-RW 52x32x52/parallel/USB2 306232012 Backpack CD-RW 52x32x52/triple/USB2 308836 Backpack PC Card 193839 Backpack USB Adapter 213840 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.
Is this too much voodoo?
