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

Polymorph wrote:
> 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?

AFAIK, it's just a Panasonic 4x SCSI CD-ROM drive in an external case.  I have
one (installed in a Sun external CD-ROM case) connected to an Apple DMA SCSI
card, and it works OK.  I can even boot from it (see below).

> Can this thing read burnt CD's?

I don't recall if I've tried CD-RWs with it, but CD-Rs work with no problems.
I've put the System 6.0.1 floppy images on an 80-mm CD-R and booted from it.
The neat thing with these disks is that their storage boxes are the same size
as a 3.5" floppy, so you can store them with your floppies.  140 MB (or
whatever size they are) is more than enough for pretty much anything except an
archive CD of some sort.

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