Re: Apple 600e CD-ROM and Apple HS SCSI Card

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

Jason Whorton <jason@microxl.com> wrote:
: Hello.  Does anyone know if the Apple 600e CD-ROM can be used with the Apple
: High-Speed SCSI Card?  This will be in my ROM 3 IIgs.  I am assuming it
: would, but I want to be sure so that I don't waste my money.  The SCSI chain
: will also have a hard drive on it.  Any help would be appreciated.

Well first off, it wouldn't be a waste of money since these are fairly
scarce. The 600e is the end of the line for externals from Apple. I was
pretty fortunate when I got one for $50.

That said, the drive will handle data great, but it won't play audio out of
the box. You have to use a boom box or something like that to get audio from
an external CD anyway so it always seemed pointless to me. Macs with internal
CDs can pipe audio through the speaker(s) so that's the only way to fly with
audio I say.
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