Re: SCSI Interface for A2GS

[waynes@intergate.ca (Wayne Stewart)]

Geoff Pool wrote

> I am interested in any information/experiences anyone has had using SCSI
> devices with the A2GS.
> 
> I have a RamFast 3.01E and an Apple Hi Speed SCSI controller.  My questions
> are:
> 
> 1.  Is it possible to use an off the shelf SCSI CDROM drive to read ISO9660
> CDROMs using the RamFast and have a SCSI drive attached (mine is a Quantum
> LPS SCSI 1 drive) with ProDos paritions.  I know the Apple Hi Speed requires
> special, older types of CDROMS.

All CD drives will read ISO9660 CDROMs. You just need to have the FST installed
in the IIgs hard drive

I have both the Apple Hi-Speed SCSI card and a Ramfast 3.01F. I find I rarely 
use the Apple Hi-Speed as I haven't found a single situation  where the Ramfast 
was't considerably faster.
Right now I have a Quantum 270mb hard drive, a Magneto-Optical, 200mb Syquest, 
and a 40X Toshiba CDROM hooked up to my Ramfast.


> 2.  Using the above configuration - can you play audio CDs?

The 40X Toshiba CD-ROM doesn't seem to allow me to play music. I have a 2X & a 
4X NEC that do play music. When I bought the Toshiba I didn't even consider 
music as it'd been more than 2 years since I'd last played a music CD on the 
IIgs
> 
> 3.  Besides the power supply requirements, are there any special
> setups/problems using this system I should be aware of?

There are some newer hard drived like the Quantum Fireball which apear to demand 
the SCSI card use a SCSI ID which the Ramfast doesn't. These drives really don't 
work with the Ramfast
> 
> I would like to have a CDROM attached to the A2GS that can read and write
> regular CDs, along with playing audio CD's.  There are plenty of "modern" 50
> pin SCSI CDROMs on the market, but my initial research has suggested they
> are incompatible.  I'm also not wanting to use a combo Focus Drive Ide Hard
> Disk controller and SCSI controller _if_ the RamFast can support all types
> of drives on the same channel.

There are no Apple programs that'll write to a CD.
I believe there's a few currant production CD players that work with the 
Ramfast, playing music,possibly not.

	Wayne