#Free CD-ROM Driver!
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Hi All,
If you have or are going to get a CD-ROM here's something you may want to
know. I have a NEC external CD-ROM drive and was going to hook it up to
my 3000 but I needed, of course, some drivers. I was going to buy the
Xetec or ASIMware drivers when I looked on Compuseve and – lo and behold –
a public domain CD-ROM driver!
It's in Lib 9 of AmigaUser – AMICD.LHA. I hooked up the CD-ROM to the
Amiga and installed the driver – which is simple, add an entry to your
Mountlist and copy the handler to Devs:. Worked perfectly the first time
and continues to work perfectly.
I now have access to my 3D-ROM and the AMINET CD-ROM (which shows as an
icon on the Workbench!) from the Amiga. Try it!
Rick – On Autopilot from Vancouver
Rick,
I'm ready to purchase a CD-ROM drive, but can't decide which one. How do you
like your NEC? Which model is it? I see there are some new models just released
by NEC, is yours one of these?
Thanks,
Chris
Hello there,
Just thought I would add something on CD-ROMs.
I just purchased a Toshiba 3401B and its FAST. Supports both
CDTV and Kodak discs.
The driver I use is AsimCDFS. The great thing about this is
that ASIMware is going to support direct CD sampling. I have
this info from the "horse's mouth." These files will be both
8 and 16 bit IFF amoung others. Way cool for we Videophiles.
Shawn
Chris,
I have the NEC Multispin 74 which is an external double speed drive. The
newer NECs are triple and quad speed drives which give a much performance
– with the added expense, of course.
My drive has performed very well, no complaints at all.
Rick – On Autopilot from Vancouver
Rick…
I read where NEC is going to have a upgrade deal in which current
MultiSpin owners can exchange their drive for a 3Xe at a reduced price..
Eddie.Ski
Eddie,
Interesting – I'll have to watch out for that.
Rick – On Autopilot from Vancouver
Rick,
Where did you pick up your NEC? Is it multisession as well? I am in the
Vancouver area as well, and if you picked it up locally, I'd be interested in
what I could expect to pay, and where to get it.
-larry
Larry,
I picked up my NEC (the 74 model, external) at the Egghead on Hornby about
6 months ago. It was around $875 – Canadian of course. A bit too much
but I needed the drive quickly at the time.
It is a multisession drive.
Rick – On Autopilot from Vancouver
P.S. We have met, by the way. I remember years ago shortly after the 1000
was released I chatted with you at the first Panorama meeting. I think
you were the first one in Vancouver to get a 1000 – I was the 2nd or 3rd.
Thanks for the info, Rick. Looks like I'll be getting one soon, but since I am
not in a hurry, I might be able to get a good deal.
I thought your name sounded familiar. Actually, I was probably the second or
third to get a 1000 in Vancouver. Steve Cleverly bought the demo that one of
the IBM-oriented stores in Richmond brought in, and Steve, Dave Allen, and I
spent quite a few evenings puzzling it all out at Steve's place. When I finally
got mine, half the fun was gone, because it came with a couple of rudimentary
manuals. <chuckle>
-larry
I remember the good old days – the only thing we could do was run
those 'Lines' and 'Boxes' programs. I also remember getting my hands
on the assembler – and you gave me some pointers on writing an
assembly language program on the Amiga. The first program I wrote
that worked was a short program that simply called the guru routine.
I was quite proud of myself that I was able to write a program for
the Amiga – even if it's only purpose was to crash the machine <g>.
Ahh! I remember talking to you about that! There weren't many of us
that wanted anything to do with assembler.
Rick: Glad you got the AmiCDROM filesystem to work. When I uploaded
it, I wasn't sure how well it was going to perform because I was
using Xetec's software and didn't want to go through all the trouble
of changing everything around. Lazy I guess <g>. Anyway, looks like
it's doing a good job for you, and I see the new version is up on
AmiNet so I'll go ahead and post the latest version.
My thanks for uploading the AmiCDROM filesystem. It saved me the
hassle (and the money) of buying a package and it works just fine.
I'm looking forward to seeing a new version!
No problem Rick. I'll upload the new version of AmiCDROM as soon as
the Sysop's have a chance to clean out the file area. I tried to
upload it earlier but the libraries were full!
If the libraries are ever full, just upload it to another Amiga Forum, and
we'll move it.
Thanks for the contributions to the library!
Steve
I own both the CDROM-FS and the Asimware driver, but now I'm using
the AmiCDROM driver as it's the only one that supports rockridge
extensions to ISO-9660. I'm currently using 1.2a, is the one you're
going to upload newer?
"I own both the CDROM-FS and the Asimware driver, but now I'm using
the AmiCDROM driver as it's the only one that supports rockridge
extensions to ISO-9660. I'm currently using 1.2a, is the one you're
going to upload newer?"
Yep, the latest version as far as I know is 1.3, and it should be
uploaded soon. Maybe we need a bigger allocation for the Amiga
libraries <g>.
John,
is your software SCSI controller dependent and is there a chance, that it
will work with my ancient C Ltd. SCSI controller (not the KRONOS) on my
A1000 ?
Regards, J0RGEN ….from DENMARK
"Is your software SCSI controller dependent and is there a chance, that it
will work with my ancient C Ltd. SCSI controller (not the KRONOS) on my
A1000 ?"
Joergen: First to avoid any confusion, and to give credit where credit is
due, it's NOT my software. The AmiCDROM software is written by Frank
Munkert in Germany. I'm just uploaded the software that he has posted on
Internet. Since I have Internet access through BIX, it's not much of a
problem to upload a few programs here once in awhile <g>. So I just keep
it updated here on CompuServe when he comes out with new releases.
.
Now that is taken care of, to answer your other questions. No, the
software is not SCSI controller dependent. It uses the device software
(scsi.device, gvpscsi.device, etc.) that comes with most controllers now.
However your controller should be able to support SCSI-DIRECT commands and
the C-LTD controller might fail in that regard. There is a PD program put
out by Xetec called SCSI_LISTER that will check to see if your controller
can handle scsi direct (SCSILI.ZOO in Lib 9 here on AmigaUser). If it
passes the test, then you shouldn't have too much of a problem. Even if it
doesn't pass, you might still try it. AmiCDROM has a provision to use
trackdisk.device calls instead of scsi direct in case your controller
doesn't support it.
// John – (Flying via AutoPilot)
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Well, too bad. My C Ltd. software does not support SCSI-DIRECT.