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Short: Amiga tool to change the flash ROM of Plextor and Yamaha CD writers
Author: Patrick.Ohly@gmx.de
Uploader: patrick@core.de
Version: 1.2
Type: disk/cdrom
Kurz: Amiga Tool zum Aendern des Flash-ROMs von Plextor- und Yamaha-Brennern
Date: 02.09.99
Url: http://makecd.core.de/
Introduction
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FlashROM is a tool to update the flash ROM of a SCSI or
ATAPI drive. At the moment it supports Plextor and Yamaha
CD writers. A complete list is given below, together with
remarks about supporting other hardware. Any SCSI or ATAPI
device can be used as long as it is compliant to the Amiga
SCSI direct standard.
Disclaimer
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Neither the author of this tool nor the vendor of the drive
shall be held responsible for any damages or losses, direct
or consequential, resulting from the use, or inability to
use the software. This applies even if the authors have been
made aware of the possibility of losses or damage.
FlashROM is copyright 1998-99 by Patrick Ohly. Copying and
usage are allowed for free as long as no profit is made in
doing so. Commercial distribution or distribution together
with commercial products or commercial usage of FlashROM
require the permission of the author.
MakeCD + Availability of FlashROM
---------------------------------
FlashROM was brought to you by the author who also wrote the
SCSI, IO and GUI part of MakeCD, an "excellent" (Amiga Format
#112) CD writing software for the Amiga. In contrast to one
of our competitors I have decided not to restrict the usage
of this tool to the users of our CD writing software.
MakeCD does not need such an exclusive feature to be worth
its money and I don't want anybody to buy it just to update his
or her drive. Of course you are welcome to have a look at
MakeCD in case that you should not know or use it already. An
only slightly restricted demo of the current version is
available at "http://makecd.core.de/". You will also find the
current version of FlashROM there.
I also believe that updating the firmware of drives is not one
of the tasks a CD writing software should take care of. I regret
that our competitor was not able to make their tool available
to the Amiga community for free because of costs they had and
still would have and because of their liability in case of a
damage. I understand their objections and even though I decided
to go a different way I share them, so once again in plain
English: FLASHROM COMES WITH ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY OR SUPPORT!
Known drives
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PLEXTOR CD-R PX-R412C (flash mode not enabled)
PLEXTOR *Program Mode1* (a PX-R412C with flash mode enabled)
PLEXTOR CD-R PX-R820T
PLEXTOR CD-R PX-W4220T
PLEXTOR CD-R PX-W8220T
PLEXTOR CD-ROM PX-40TS
PLEXTOR CD-ROM PX-40TW
YAMAHA CDR400c
YAMAHA CDR400t
YAMAHA CDR401t
YAMAHA CDR200c
YAMAHA CDR200t
YAMAHA CRW2260
YAMAHA CRW2260t
YAMAHA CRW4260
YAMAHA CRW4260t
YAMAHA CRW4261
YAMAHA CRW4001
YAMAHA CRW2216S
YAMAHA CRW2216E
YAMAHA CRW4416S
YAMAHA CRW4416E
YAMAHA CRW6416S
YAMAHA CRW6416E
Compatible drives are supported, too.
History
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V1.0 - initial release for Plextor PX-R412C
V1.1 - added support for Yamaha drives and Plextor PX-R820T
V1.2 - added recognition of Yamaha CRW6416S/E and support for
Plextor CD-ROM 40TS/W,
added simple file check for Plextor firmware files
Support for other drives
------------------------
Here are my preconditions for adding support of other drives:
1. The vendor supports the implementation by providing the
documentation of the required commands.
2. I won't be held liable for any damage.
3. I get at least one free example of the hardware.
4. The hardware should be fairly well spreaded.
Item 1 and 2 are absolutely necessary - especially analyzing other
software to learn about the required commands is out of question. The
other items however are negotiable: if someone is willing to pay me,
such offers are welcome. I have to live on something in the end, and
eating hardware isn't very healthy ;-)