#CD-ROM for Amiga 2000
01-Aug-93 12:06:31
Sb: #108868-#CD-ROM for Amiga 2000
Fm: Jonathan Hirschman 70274,2526
To: Hilary Szymanowski 70035,510
Hilary,
It is absolutely possible to use a CD-ROM; I have one attached to the
machine I am typing on, and with no yicky PC type board. 🙂
You'll need a good SCSI CD-ROM; I have had good luck with Toshiba and
Texel. You'll need to get it talking to your SCSI setup; proper cabling
and such. And, you'll need a piece of software that will allow the Amiga
to read the file system on the ROMs.
I would suggest the Xetec CD-ROM FS, since it works and installs very
easily. However, others have reported good results with the Asimware
product. Either is reasonably priced, and will give you access to
ISO-9600, Mac ROMs, and lately, some kind of Photo-CD functionality.
As for floptical, these have been available for the Amiga for a while as
well. DMI was selling one, I believe, as was another company no longer
with us. However, you should be able to buy a "bare" drive, and hook it
up to any SCSI controller from a reputable company, with recent vintage
firmware. I believe that both GVP and IVS support almost every type of
removeable media at this point, as long as its SCSI.
//Jonathan,
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