Re: CD ROM Ues on Apple IIgs [R(82)]

[lurch@eskimo.com (Erik Kloeppel)]

fmlin@netcom.com (Frank M. Lin) writes:

>I don't know about the Apple HS SCSI card.  It requires drivers for CD-ROMs.
>The only one that came with System 6 can only drive Apple ones ( and only
>the older CD SCs I think.  Drives from other vendors, such as NEC, Toshiba,
>Texan... etc. all need drivers which I don't think there are any.

Frank - there are indeed other drivers - I have a NEC CD-35 and it works 
just fine with the Trantor Driver.  Also, I have an Apple CDSC+ - which
 I _THINK_ is their latest, and it works just fine on the Apple Hi Speed SCSI
card and system 6.

>This is another area RamFAST shines, supposely it can work with all SCSI CD-ROM
>drivers ( I have a NEC CDR-36 right now ).

>As for CD-ROM titles, there where only one Apple ][ specific title I think.
>Great Efforst of Many ( GEM ) released in 1990 or so.  It contained sharewares,
>freewares, and demos.  Which I think are probably all outdated by now.

Generour Efforts of Many - and while many of the demos are indeed outdated,
quite a few are not, and pretty impressive.  I like the suff from MECC in
particular.


>I use mine to read develop CDs ( through HFS.FST ), and you should be able
>to buy those Mac GIF or font CDs are read them ( I haven't tried this ).  When
>ms.dos.FST comes out, you should be able to read IBM/PC clone CDs as well.
>Althought you probably can't get much from it...

you can read MS-DOS cd's as well - or at least the text / graphic files on them
though it takes a little work to convert.  They're ISO 9660.

>Maybe GNO/ME v1.1/v2.0 should come out on CD?  So we can all go out and buy
>a CD-ROM drive and have use for it.  :P


I LIKE that idea... hey Jawaid!!!!

>Oh yeah, System 6 came out on CD...


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