apple superdrive does not show in finder

Macbook pro (2021) Apple M1 running Ventura

The Macbook Air I have used to do my taxes, is too old to upgrade to the OS release required by this years TurboTax

My new Mabook Pro, does not work - I can plug in the superdrive, and if I look in system report the drive is there and can see it has the TurboTax dvd inserted:

Media.

SuperDrive:

Capacity:

577.3 MB (577,331,328 bytes)

Removable Media:

BSD Name:

Yes disk4

Logical Unit:

Partition Map Type: Unknown

S.M.A.R.T. status:

Verified

USB Interface:

Volumes: disk4s1:

Capacity:

502.7 MB (502,710,272 bytes)

Media Type: CD-ROM

BSD Name:

disk4s1

Content:

Apple_partition_scheme

disk4s1s1:

Capacity:

32 KB (32,256 bytes)

Media Туре: CD-ROM

BSD Name: disk4s1s1

Content:

Apple_partition_map

TurboTax 2023:

Capacity:

Media Type:

File System:

BSD Name:

Content:

275.2 MB (275,181,568 bytes)

CD-ROM

HFS+ disk4s1s2

Apple_HFS

Volume UUID: 583B26FE-CE9F-3260-853A-BD199ABC7246

None of the ethernet adapters I have - which worked fine with all previous macbooks, work with this one either.

But nothing shows up in Finder

or in /Volumes

I see lots of folk have reported similar problem in recent years - with no apparent solution.