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Contributing to this list

Contributions to this list are welcome.

However, you should test your system carefully, before stating that it works. You can use the following checklists to do that. Send your test results to makecd@core.de.

Testing your CD writer

If you want to test your CD writer, go through the following steps. Please do only report tests which are not yet contained in our compatibility list or which differ from the result that other customers made. See section CD writer test protocol list.

  1. What is the complete name of your CD writer? Have a look at the settings window -- when you select your CD writer as target, it displays the whole version string. That's what we need.
  2. Driver name. Note the name of the driver which you use for your tests, e.g. "CDR_Yamaha_10x". The name is being displayed in the settings window.
  3. Table of Contents. Open the Target-CD-R window, using the menu.
  4. Test Mode. Try to write in test mode (in Track-At-Once mode).
  5. Write audio track. Try to write an audio track (in TAO mode)
  6. Write data track. Try to write a data track (in TAO mode)

    Note, if you have written some audio tracks, you can fix the session and then create and write a data track and fix that session, too. Your CD will be a perfect audio CD in your CD player and if your filesystem supports multisession, it will be a perfect data CD in your CD-ROM drive, too. So you need only one CD-R for testing.

  7. Fix session/CD-R. Try to fix a session and the CD-R. You have to open the window that lists the contents of your CD-R (use the menu) in order to do that.
  8. DAO tests. If the MakeCD driver that you are using supports DAO, do some tests in DAO mode, please.
  9. Writing speeds. Use the settings window to set the speed.
  10. If you are using a CD-RW drive, try to erase a CD-RW.
  11. Repair function
  12. Now we are going to do some read tests. For these reading tests you have to select the writer as source drive in the settings window. Try to read a data track from your CD writer.
  13. Try to read an audio track from your CD writer. If you want, you can try with MakeCD's play option.
  14. Your name

Testing your CD-ROM drive (if any)

If you want to test your CD-ROM drive, go through the following steps. Please do only report tests which are not yet contained in our compatibility list or which differ from the result that other customers made. See section CD-ROM drives.

  1. What is the complete name of your CD-ROM drive? Have a look at the settings window -- when you select your CD-ROM drive as source, it displays the whole version string. That's what we need.
  2. Note the name of the driver which you used for your tests, e.g. "CD_Toshiba". The name is being displayed in the settings window.
  3. Add a track, select "CD-Track" as source and open the track requester.
  4. Try to read a data track.
  5. Try to read an audio track.
  6. Your name

Testing your whole system

If you have a system that runs fine with MakeCD, or a system that causes SCSI trouble, and if your system is not yet contained in this file, we are looking forward for your test results in order to include them in this list. We need the following information:

  1. Your Amiga
    e.g. A3000, A4000, A1000, ...
  2. The OS version you use
    e.g. OS 3.1
  3. Information about your SCSI system in the following form:
    For each SCSI hostadapter which you are using
  4. Which version of MakeCD do you use for your tests?
    MakeCD Version ..........
  5. Write a large amount of data (test mode is no problem).
  6. Do you know which SCSI settings you used for this test? (Reselection, Synchronous Transfer Mode, ...)
    ( ) Yes, ..............................................
    ( ) No
  7. How many of your CD-Rs have had an "accident" and how many CD-Rs did you already write?
  8. Did you have to do any changes to your system, in order to make things work?
    ( ) Yes, ..............................................
    ( ) No
  9. Your name

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