Re: CD-ROM

[a_specto@alcor.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector)]

John Gentile <yjgent@home.com> wrote:

>> From: jditton@vtc.net (Jim Ditton)
> 
>> I recentley got a GS with a AE SCSI card and the internal 40 meg HD thats with
>> the power supply. Is it possible to add a cd-rom to this.
>
>I seem to remember some articles and ads about a CD-ROM for the GS. I think
>they are still around.

    If you have an Apple or RamFAST SCSI controller, you can connect up
and use most any standard (SCSI based) CD-ROM drive. It would be used
mostly as a storage device for retrieving data and archive files--the
exception being one true multimedia IIgs title called "YourWorldBox"
that shipped only on CD-ROM disc.

    There's been several other discs sold for the IIgs but they've all
been data collections and archives for the most part. discQuest 
was fairly interesting though, it was a front end/translator for many
DOS/Mac DiscPassage titles (including Compton's Encyclopedia).
You can even play audio CD's using the IIgs and the right drivers.

Mitchell Spector
a_specto@alcor.concordia.ca