Re: CD-ROM Drives Again...

[eckert@delos.informatik.uni-erlangen.de (Toerless Eckert)]

johnt@meaddata.com (John Townsend) writes:

>In article <bazyarCJ2yL5.GFq@netcom.com>, Jawaid Bazyar <bazyar@netcom.com> wrote:
>>  The POWER CD should work. Any SCSI-2 CD-ROM drive will work and
>>will do audio if you have a RamFAST. If you don't have a RF, then
>>get an Apple CD-SC+ or CD-150.

>Whoa!  My understanding (from CVT's Drew Vaughn himself) was that the RamFAST
>does *not* support audio on *any* CD-ROM drive because of its "fuzzy" (i.e.
>generic) interface and the fact that audio commands vary so much from one
>drive to the next since they are not part of the SCSI standard.  The RamFAST
>is also a SCSI - not SCSI-2 - controller, so any SCSI-2 device would have to
>fall back to SCSI to work with the RamFAST.  In order to play audio tracks on
>a IIgs, you need to use an Apple SCSI interface card, which use the GS/OS
>drivers, which require the Sony mechanism of the CD SC, CD SC Plus, and CD 150.

The new toshiba 4401 drive is expected to understand all sony drive commands too.
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