Re: CD II+?

[Wayne Stewart <waynes@intergate.bc.ca>]

David Empson wrote:

> It does, in fact.  The revision C firmware (341-0437-A) added support
> for CD-ROM drives - earlier revisions (341-0112A or 341-0112B) only
> supported hard drives.

Good to know, though I had wondered if it would do that but only on a IIgs.
I have all three versions and keep meaning to have look at the Rev A and B
cards but never have found the time to do that.

> The catch: it probably only supports Apple's original CDSC drive, and
> perhaps later derivates (the CDSC+ and CD-150).  It certainly won't
> support issuing audio CD commands to later models, since they use a
> different command set.  It might be able to use other models for
> data-only access.

The trail is getting hot!! I'll track down someone with those drives to check
out. I did try an Apple 8X drive but had no luck withe the Rev C but likely
too new for the card then.


> The Apple High-Speed SCSI card has better support for the CDSC+ and
> CD-150, but still doesn't support audio commands to later drives.

> The RamFast has the widest support for CD-ROM drives.

I have a spare Ramfast but sadly it won't function on a II+.
Given a choice I wouldn't use any other card.

    Wayne