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- From: David Gentry <dgentry@vlsi4.racal.com>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: How to connect a PC CDROM to A1200?
- Date: 2 Feb 1996 20:12:10 GMT
- Organization: Racal-Datacom
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- chris@fuchal.demon.co.uk (Chris Appleton) wrote:
- >
- >Hey, Kari-Pekka Koljonen, you mumbled somthing about How to connect a PC CDROM
- >to A1200? on 30-Jan-96 14:26:50?
- > KK> I'm looking for a cheap way to read CDs on my A1200. Supposedly a PC
- > KK> CDROM drive will do, but how do I attach it to the computer? And what
- > KK> software do I need?
- >
- >For IDE you need a drive, some software called ATAPI which allows you to use
- >an IDE drive on the Amiga, and a special cable. There is a demo of Atapi on
- >Aminet. The drive must (*must*) be Atapi-compliant, there is a list of ones
- >that work with Atapi. Also it helps if you have a external case for the drive
- >:). you'll also need mountlists etc for this.
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- Won't IDEFix on Aminet work too?
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- D. G.
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