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Re: II Emulator for the IIgs? (Yes, I know it sounds redundant and rediculous)
I wrote:
>
> One thing, though- Can a CD-ROM drive on a IIGS be used to run software? Since
> I don't have an external CD-ROM drive, I've never been able to try, yet I
> believe I read in the Manual that it could only be used for Audio CD's.
And Supertimer replied:
> The other way around, Gabriel...in all cases, you can run software from
> a IIGS CD-ROM. However, only with certain model/SCSI card/driver
> combinations will it play audio CDs.
>
> Shareware Solutions II sells several IIGS CD-ROMs of software and
> Apple's Golden Master System 6 CD-ROM boots!
>
> Usually, these CD-ROMs have one ProDOS partition (to boot) and
> one more more HFS partitions (standard on Mac, but at home on GS).
So I now write:
Thanks, Supertimer, maybe I'll buy a CD-ROM Drive for my IIGS in the future,
although the Hard Drive comes first.