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Old Creative CD Drives MK4140 Needs Help

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First post, by Quietruck

Posted on 2024-03-29, 20:21

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Have recently acquired an in box Creative Blaster MK4014 6X cd ROM drive. It came with original cable and Creative Drivers on floppy disks. But not interphase card. I do have a Reveal sound card controller card that has a Panasonic interface, but I'm having difficulty finding the appropriate Panasonic driver for this set up. I'm running a 486DX with DOS OS.
Any help aquiring a compatible driver for this set up would be appreciated.

Reply 1 of 6, by kingcake

Posted on 2024-03-29, 23:09

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Search the Internet Archive for "CD-ROM God" floppy image.

Reply 2 of 6, by Horun

Posted on 2024-03-31, 21:02

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All Panasonic/Matsushita cdroms I ever seen have a CR-###, that MK# is the Creative part. We need the actual CDROM model off it's sticker.....
Are you sure it is not an IDE cdrom ? Panasonic archive does not list a proprietary 6x type

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Reply 3 of 6, by wbahnassi

Posted on 2024-03-31, 22:39

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Creative moved to IDE with 4x and up. Only 2x and 1x used Panasonic and required MK driver. Just try a regular driver like OAK.

Reply 4 of 6, by weedeewee

Posted on 2024-03-31, 23:55

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Yep, indeed, full normal IDE drive according to this box photo

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Reply 5 of 6, by Horun

Posted on 2024-04-01, 00:00

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weedeewee wrote on 2024-03-31, 23:55:

Yep, indeed, full normal IDE drive according to this box photo

Great find ! I looked for the MK# but google was not my friend earlier 🙁

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Reply 6 of 6, by weedeewee

Posted on 2024-04-01, 00:06

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Horun wrote on 2024-04-01, 00:00:

weedeewee wrote on 2024-03-31, 23:55:

Yep, indeed, full normal IDE drive according to this box photo

Great find ! I looked for the MK# but google was not my friend earlier 🙁

found it on worthpoint

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