Re: IIgs, CD-audio, Apple HS SCSI, and which Apple brand CD-ROM drives?

[Randy Shackelford <shack@onyx.southwind.net>]

Jason Whorton <jason@microxl.com> wrote:
: Hello.  I have an Apple IIgs ROM 3 and an Apple High-Speed SCSI Card.  I am
: planning on adding an Apple brand CD-ROM to my system in the future.  I read
: some old information that the CD-300e and CD-300 Plus did not have a driver
: for playing audio CD's.  Does anyone know if these drives ever had a System
: 6.0.1 driver made for them to play audio CD's?  How about the 600e?

Rule of thumb: only Apple's single speed CD drives use Apple's proprietary
SCSI audio command set, which is what the system software uses. That includes
the CD SC, CD SC Plus, and CD150. CD300s and up use the standard SCSI-2 audio
command set so they won't play audio out of the box. There is software which
can support audio, but gotta get it elsewhere.

FWIW I  have a CD150 on my IIgs. People pooh pooh single speed, but I used
the 150 on my Quadra for a good while and it was workable. A 150 would give
you all the CD capability you can use on a IIgs, and cheaply too since most
people would consider a single speed drive junk.
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