Re: Apple CD150 and the GS...

[platkus@iunet (Shawn Platkus)]

Andrew R. Volk (volk@seas.smu.edu) wrote:
> I recently purchased an Apple CD150 for my GS, but I won't be able to hook it
> up until summer, and I was wondering how compatible it is with a RAMfast card.
> I keep reading little notes (such as in the current Scarlett article on
> discQuest "You won't be able to heard CD quality sound through your GS speakers
> though. [with the Apple CD 150]) which makes me worry about my choice. 
> Have I chosen the wrong drive?

Don't worry that you chose the wrong drive, you didn't.  You're not going
to hear CD quality sound out of a 2 inch speaker inside the GS no matter
what CD ROM drive you hook to your computer.  The drive you have should
work great with the RAMFast.  If you want to hear better sound (with or
without a CD ROM drive), you'll need external speakers or headphones.  The
GS has a headphone jack, and if I remember right, the CD ROM drive has an
output jack for audio too.  There was just recently written some drivers for
the RAMFast to let the CD150 play an audio disk via the Multi Media contols
of System 6.

>  
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-Shawn
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