Re: play audio CD's on IIe with Apple Rev C card?

["Jason Whorton" <jason at microxl.com>]

Hello.  Thanks for the offer.  If you are able to provide a copy of the
program, please let me know.

Thanks again,
Jason Whorton


"David Empson" <dempson@actrix.gen.nz> wrote in message
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> "Jason Whorton" <jason at microxl.com> wrote:
>
> > Hello.  I have an enhanced Apple IIe with an Apple Rev C SCSI card.  Can
I
> > play audio CD's using this combination?  Can I control them with
software
> > instead of the buttons on the front of the CD-ROM drive?
> >     I have read in the regular FAQ and some 1994 FAQ that my IIgs with
an
> > Apple High Speed SCSI Card will play audio CD's with a CD SC, CD SC Plus
or
> > CD 150 using the standard drivers with GS/OS 6.0.1.  I would like to
know if
> > some combination will work on my IIe.
>
> Yes, in principle.  The difficulty is that you need application software
> which can send the appropriate SCSI commands to control audio playback,
> and present you with an appropriate user interface.
>
> I wrote a rudimentary CD audio control program which ran in text mode
> with a full screen listing about 40 different commands and prompting you
> to select the command number.  I had it running on the IIgs, but I think
> it was running under ProDOS-8 and it didn't depend on any IIgs-specific
> features, so it should work on the IIe.
>
> I'll have to hunt it out, and getting it from my IIgs to the wide world
> will be a little tricky these days.
> --
> David Empson
> dempson@actrix.gen.nz