Re: SCSI Interface for A2GS

[dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)]

william strutts <wrstrutts1@home.com> wrote:

> Is there any problems associated with reading CD-R's?

This will depend on the CD-ROM drive and the specific type of dye used
by the CD-R media (possibly influenced by the writer used and the burn
speed), as usual for CD-R.  :-)

If you are using an Apple CD-SC, CD-SC+ or CD-150, it will _not_ support
a multi-session CD.  Only the first session will be accessible.  (This
will prevent accessing the data on an "enhanced" CD with audio in the
first session and data in the second.)

There is of course the issue of the file system as well.  I doubt that a
UDF-formatted CD without the ISO "bridge" file system would be
recognisable, nor would a Joliet CD which doesn't include a normal ISO
directory, nor would HFS+.

I don't know whether the IIgs ISO drivers can cope with Apple's
extensions to ISO-9660 (for resource forks) and names which go beyond
the ISO level 1 restrictions.