Re: Dumb Question: A2E-CDROM - Doable?

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

tturner@ecn.ab.ca wrote:

> --> I've only peripherally noted Apple 2 and CD-ROM topics
>     over the last couple of years and though I'm reasonably
>     sure I already know the answer; the current announcements
>     regarding (A2) Genie/Lamp CD-ROMS makes me wonder :
>
>     Is it possible to hook-up a ProDOS-compatible CD-ROM drive
>     to an Apple 2E? Or can this only be accomplished on an A2GS?
>     I'd love to do this to my 2E, if it was `doable'. . .

Sure you can. I currantly have a 2x NEC connected to a Ramfast
SCSI card on my IIe. Used to have a 4x Toshiba connected to it
but a family member needed a CD player for their Mac. If the CD
is bootable on a IIe then you can even boot your IIe off it.
I have a CD burner on another computer with which I make ProDOS
CDs.
I've never tried it with other SCSI cards so I don't know how well
they work.
       Wayne