Re: SCSI-2 CD-ROM drivers

[mitch2gs@hotmail.com (Mitchell Spector)]

dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) wrote:

>"Joel" <joelbuckley54.nospam.@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I have Apple CD-150, CD-300 and CD-600 drives.
>> They all work for data reading, but only the CD-150 works for CD-Remote
>> audio play and the program controlled eject function.
>> I get the impression from reading the FAQs that I need a SCSI-2 driver to
>> support these functions.
>> It refers to one by Sequential Systems.
>> Their web site www.sequential.com doesn't seem to be up.
>> Is it available anywhere?
>
>No.  As far as I recall, Sequential Systems announced that they would be
>releasing a driver for Apple SCSI cards to support the SCSI-2 audio CD
>command set, but it was never released.

    It is worth noting Sequential Systems did complete a SCSI-2 driver for
the RamFAST SCSI controller. Last year I added an Apple CD300e Plus
to my RamFAST and have been able to play audio CD's with this driver
and Apple's Media Controller NDA.

    All the main control buttons function (play, pause, jump track
forward/back, stop, eject) except for the "scan" track buttons
which would normally allow simulated fast-forward or rewinding
of a particular song on a track. I think the audio buttons may
also not be working, they seem to do odd things (like cutting
out the left or right stereo channel). 

    It works nicely with my AE Audio Animator. Just hook the 
audio-out in back of the CD-ROM drive into the input jacks
on the external mixer (which also gives you control over the
volume output). The driver is available from these sites:

ftp://hypermall.com/pub/sequential/
http://ground.ecn.uiowa.edu/apple2/apple16/System/Drivers/

Mitchell Spector