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From: [e-mail] (Chris Appleton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: How to connect a PC CDROM to A1200?
Date: Fri, 02 Feb 1996 18:58:54 GMT
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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?

 First decide what type you want - SCSI (expensive but fast) or IDE (v. cheap,
 sometimes slow and hard to connect).

For SCSI you just need a SCSI controller
for your Amiga, for A1200 it'll be either a squirrel (PCMCIA), dataflyer
which goes on IDE port inside, or a accelerator-specific one, and you'll need
cables, mountlists etc.

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.

Hope this helps

Chris
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