Re: What do you do with an Apple //?

[nobody@REPLAY.COM (Anonymous)]

Randy Shackelford (shack@deimos.frii.com) wrote:
> Julian P Watson <perrywat@unity.ncsu.edu> wrote:
> 
> >Apple IIgs.  BTW - I am *attempting* to add a CD ROM driver to this
> >set up.  So far, I'm not having a great deal of luck.
> 
> I'd recommend an Apple CD150 since it's completely plug-n-play with Apple SCSI
> cards and system 6.0.1. Single speed CDs, while plenty fast for a IIgs, aren't
> exactly in demand so this would be pretty cheap too. 
> -- 
> Randy Shackelford                                 
> shack@frii.com

Single speed?  Bad advice, Randy.  Have you ever tried to use a GS
archive CD in a single speed drive?  It crawls.  This is not an insult,
but if you are actually planning to _use_ the drive for anything other
than playing music CDs, then a double speed is a must.  Double speeds
are going as cheap as singles these days and with the right drivers,
they play music discs just fine.

I tried a single speed before and it sucked.  Trying to load an archive
or a program using such a drive, well you might as well be using a
floppy.

12X, maybe even 6X drives would be an overkill for the GS (no one
writing CD games), but 2X makes things bearable.

This is especially true on an accelerated GS, which pulls things off
an Apple HS SCSI interface at more than 2X faster than normal.

-Scott G.