Re: CDROM on a // GS

[shack@southwind.net (Randy Shackelford)]

In article <7q6e95$26bh$1@nnrp9.crl.com>,
Joe Kohn  <jokoNoMoreSpam@crl.com> wrote:

>:  Hi, I would like to get a CD-ROM drive on my GS.  Can someone tell me what
>: drives are out there that will work on it and what controller card I need.
>
>An External SCSI CD-ROM and an Apple II SCSI Card.
>
>Alltech Electronics (1-760-724-2404) had, just last week, some 4x SCSI
>CD-ROM players available for only $19. Even if they are out of those,
>they'll probably have others, and when you call you can safely tell the 
>salesperson that you want to connect it to an Apple IIGS. 

I got one of those back a few weeks ago. They're internal CD600 clones. 
So don't expect $19 to get you a usable CD. They'll want an extra $30 for
an enclosure.

As far as "needing" a single speed, Apple's single speeders, CD SC, CD SC
Plus, and CD150, are totally plug 'n play with the system software. CD300s
and up and non Apples will take extra software to play audio but work ok
for data.

>As far as SCSI cards, there's the RamFAST from Sequential Systems, and 
>several models that were produced by Apple. I don't know about the original 
>Apple brand SCSI card, but I've used both a Rev C and the High Speed SCSI 
>card on a IIGS with a CD-ROM player.

I have a CD150 connected to a HS SCSI and it's quite satisfactory. Both are
long out of production now so it might take some digging to turn 'em up.
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