Re: CD-Rom drive for Apple ?

[pfaiffer@access.mbnet.mb.ca (Mike Pfaiffer)]

In <3rkags$nkc@ixnews4.ix.netcom.com> followel@ix.netcom.com (Byron Followell) writes:

>    I don't know a lot about the old 8 bit apples, but, a friend of
>mine just inherited and Apple II (e I think) and wants to know if it's
>possible to hook up a rom drive to it. Also, if it's possible, is there
>enough software available to make it worthwhile? Any help would be
>greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

	I gather the talk a few months ago was about a GS using a CD-ROM. 
I gather the gist of the conversation was the GS could run a Mac 
compatible CD-ROM provided the GS had a SCSI card. Since your friend is 
running a //e I see no problem with the hardware end as long as he has a 
SCSI card.

	Software may be a different matter. From the sounds of it most of 
the stuff is for the GS. If some enterprising person were to collect all 
the //e, //c, and ][+ shareware and freeware, then put it on a CD-ROM 
there may be some money in it. I haven't been following this topic for a 
while, so someone may have already done so.

				Later
				Mike




 
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