AppleCD 150/300 Service Source
The AppleCD 150/300 volume of Apple's Service Source is a 53-page service manual covering the AppleCD 150 and AppleCD 300 external SCSI CD-ROM drives. The PDF was distilled on 15 November 1995.
Specifications as printed
[edit | edit source]| Item | AppleCD 150 | AppleCD 300 |
|---|---|---|
| Average access time (including latency) | 380 ms typical | 360 ms typical (normal), 295 ms (double speed) |
| Maximum access (first to last block) | 650 ms typical | (not printed separately) |
| Data-streaming rate | Mode 1: 150K/s; Mode 2: 171K/s | normal Mode 1: 150K/s, Mode 2: 171K/s; double Mode 1: 300K/s, Mode 2: 342K/s |
| Block rate | 75 blocks/s | 75 blocks/s normal, 150 blocks/s double |
| SCSI transfer rate | approx. 1.5 MB/s | approx. 2.5 MB/s |
| Rotational speed | approx. 230-530 rpm | 230-530 rpm normal, 460-1,060 rpm double |
| Data capacity | Mode 1: 656 MB | |
| Interfaces | one headphone jack, two SCSI 50-pin connectors, two audio output jacks | |
| Medium | 12 cm optical disc in a CD caddy | |
The AppleCD 300 additionally lists multi-session Kodak Photo CD (QuickTime required), ISO 9660 / High Sierra, Macintosh HFS, CD-ROM XA (needs extra ADPCM hardware for compressed audio), CD+G, CD+MIDI and standard audio CDs.
Contents
[edit | edit source]- Specifications - Characteristics 150, Characteristics 300, Capacity, Audio Playback, Environmental, Electrical, Physical (pdf pp. 3-11)
- Troubleshooting - General, Symptom Charts (pdf pp. 13-15)
- Take Apart - Top Case Guidelines, CD-ROM Drive, Power Supply, SCSI-Device-to-Case Cable, Rear Panel, Power Switch/Plug Assembly, Audio-Out Assembly, SCSI Select Switch, Front Panels, Bottom Case (pdf pp. 17-48)
- Exploded View (pdf pp. 49-50)
- Additional Procedures - Fuse (pdf pp. 52-53)
What this manual does not contain
[edit | edit source]Module-level only. No parts list, no schematic, no component values, no laser or optical adjustment. Note that the Fuse procedure names the position but, like the rest of the Service Source set, does not print a rating; do not infer one.
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Download: Applecd 150-300.pdf