#CD ROM Question.
04-Mar-91 00:04:48
Sb: #16490-#CD ROM Question.
Fm: Don Curtis/SYSOP 76703,4321
To: Chris Henry 70771,3641
Chris (and Henry),
Nope…at least not as you think Chris. While the BridgeBoard can
share an Amiga drive (thus access the SCSI bus)….it doesn't do it
directly. What the BridgeBoard accesses on the AMiga drive is a *file* on
the drive…that particular file is laid out like a complete MS-DOS
filesystem. Thus, to access a CD ROM drive on the Amiga's bus…the CD ROM
drive would have to look to the Amiga as a simple AmigaDOS file…which
isn't possible at this time.
However, I see no reason why you couldn't hook an MS-DOS CD ROM
with appropriate controller card to the BridgeBoard and thus use it
directly by the BridgeBoard.
Don