Re: A2 FAQ addition/update req.

[pausch@saaf.se (Paul Schlyter)]

>It is indeed possible to use a CDROM drive with any 8 bit
>Apple II except the IIc & IIc+.
>Which drives you can use depend on which SCSI card you have.
>With the ramfast there's quite a number of CD drives that'll work.
>With the Rev C SCSI card there are only a couple of early Apple
>Drives that'll work. I've never tried a CD drive with an Apple
>Hi-Speed SCSI card in a IIe but there should be a number of CD
>drives that work with it.
>It's been a while since I used anything but  ProDOS CDs in an
>8 bit II but I believe the names of a couple of programs for reading
>HFS CDs are HFSLink and A2FX. Never had any PC CDs around
>to read so I can't say in that area. However for a II, II+ or IIe there
>isn't much useable stuff on commercial CDs with the exception of
>some of the ones Joe Kohn sells. Best option is to burn your own
>CDs, preferably in ProDOS format.

In "ProDOS format"?  Doesn't a CD equipped Apple II read a CD in normal
ISO format?

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