Bonjour,
I recently was lucky enough to be given a vanilla CBM A1200 - I took the chap up on the offer as I'd been a user of the A500 and A1200 in the '90s.
I'm about to fit a 4GB 2.5" hard drive, but would also like to add a CD-ROM. I want to use it to transfer files from other computers to the A1200 hard disk, and the alternative ethernet solution sounds more complicated. I've looked around the internet, but many of the sites about Amigas and CD-ROMs seem to have succombed to the ravages of time. If anyone would help answer my questions, I'd be very grateful.
Firstly, am I right in thinking that I need to obtain a splitter for the internal IDE slot, something like IDE-FIX
http://amigasuperbit.com/cgi/tienda/product_info.php?cPath=27_5&products_id=267to give me an extra 3.5" interface, and a run-of-the-mill ATAPI device? What will the CD-ROM do for power? Will it be able to take it from the Amiga?
Also, will I need some sort of file system driver installed to use it?
Secondly, if I first install the hard disk without the splitter, and subsequently add the splitter and the CD-ROM, will the hard disk be affected?
Many thanks,
Tim
