#CD-ROM on APOLLO-Ctrl
05-Oct-94 22:58:12
Sb: #42955-#CD-ROM on APOLLO-Ctrl
Fm: Rick Green 71324,173
To: wayne mcnally 73617,2104
Hello…. in 84-85, I was in middle school in Colorado Springs, and had a
TRS-80 COCO, C-64, TI-99/4a, and a Sinclair 1000 (the C-64 was my
favorite). Anyways, I had a GVP A2000 Impact series 1 (the kind that can
accomodate 2MB RAM via 1MB X 1 DIPPS) installed in my expansion chassis on
my A500 since 1989. It has the original version 1.0 boot ROMS installed
(I bought it just after they came with Autoboot). Paid $399 for the thing
unpopulated. Tried to hook up an old single spin CD-ROM to it last year.
It wouldn't work. GVP said they don't support the card any more, and no
ROM updates were available anymore. They also said it never supported
CD-ROM. I now have a Series II in my A2000 (and soon, my A500) with 8MB,
but I put a new double spin CD-ROM on my 12Gauge equipped A1200. I
haven't tried it with the Series II, but it is supposed to support it.
Good luck.
–IBM compatable technician by day, Amiga madman by night–
Rick Green, Mobile, Al