CompuServe Thread

#CD32 + A500+

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#180440From: Jan 1, 1995 5:31 PM
Is there an easy and inexpensive way of making a CD32 work as a CD-ROM drive (CD0:) with an A500+ with a Supra SCSI controller ? Regards, Jorgen ….from Roskilde, DENMARK (using CIS LATIN-1 char set)
#180548From: Ronald B. RomineJan 3, 1995 12:25 AM
JT <<Is there an easy and inexpensive way of making a CD32 work as a CD-ROM drive (CD0:) with an A500+ with a Supra SCSI controller ?>> Not that I know of. The CD32 is a A1200 computer in itself, and the CD-ROM appears to use a custom interface. You will have to either use the Communicator (cheaper), to interface the CD32 to the A500+'s serial port, or use the SX-1 (more expensive) to expand the CD32 into a full A1200 computer. By using the SX-1 to add a floppy port and full parallel port, you can use a Parnet to connect the two systems. – Ron. (People who say cats always land on their feet… just don't know how to throw them right.)
#180558From: Jan 3, 1995 2:16 AM
Thanks, Ron. Just what I thought. I had heard about the Communicator and the SX-1, but my mother-in-law wanted a CD-ROM drive for her A500+, and they are now selling CD32s at $200, so that might have been an inexpensive way to get a CD-ROM drive. – Joergen
#180589From: Rafael VicariaJan 3, 1995 1:52 PM
Maybe a communicator or a SX-1. Rafa <Motorola Inside> from Berlin. >…olive oil is the way to go.<