Short: Amiga tool to change the flash ROM of Plextor and Yamaha CD writers Author: Patrick.Ohly@gmx.de Uploader: patrick core de Type: disk/cdrom Version: 1.1 Architecture: m68k-amigaos Kurz: Amiga Tool zum Aendern des Flash-ROMs von Plextor- und Yamaha-Brennern Date: 29.03.99 Url: http://makecd.core.de/ Introduction ------------ 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 ---------- 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 ------------ 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 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 Compatible drives are supported, too. 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 ;-)