Re: Anyone used a Apple CD 600e with A2?

["Polymorph" <polymorph69@hotmail.com>]

mdj wrote:
> Polymorph wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have the option of buying one of these and was wondering if it would
> > be worth my while. Does the apple2 (IIgs) support the use of this
> > device. I assume that it would with the appropriate SCSI card, but is
> > it a good option? Can this thing read burnt CD's? (I know a lot of
> > older drives struggle with burnt discs). Does anyone have any
> > experience using one of these with an a2?
> >
> > The obvious limitation would be that its a read-only solution.
> >
> > Your thoughts are welcome...
>
> It'll work just fine, with either a Rev C or High Speed SCSI card,
> although there's little use for such a device other than for instance,
> making the whole contents of asimov available to your IIgs :-)

that is a fairly nice thing to have tho  :-)

also, would it be possible to burn a hard disk image to CD and use it
as a read-only filesystem? - ie. boot from the CD? Or does GS/OS
require a writable filesystem to operate?

thanks,
-p