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Amiga computer related discussion => General chat about Amiga topics => Topic started by: drjoeypc on April 12, 2005, 03:19:23 AM
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I just purchased a used amiga 4000. I need some idea what I need to do to install a cdrom. I only have hardware experience with pc's anf A500's.
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Is it a desktop or a tower?
If it's a desktop just buy a regular cheap ATAPI IDE CD-ROM or find some old used one. It should work just fine. No need to get the fastest possible though, the bus can't handle the speed anyway, unless there's a faster controller installed in it of course. Maybe get a cheap cd-burner, dunno if pure cd-roms are avaliable anymore! :)
If it's a tower you also have a SCSI controller. Now, I don't know if a new SCSI cd-rom will work. I've lost touch with SCSI completely since I got my 4000D myself and none of my ibm-compatibles have scsi either so...
But since the towers are quite rare I gather it's a desktop you've got.
When it comes to using it there shouldn't really be much of a problem. You need to mount the drive with a dosdriver. If you're running 3.0 or later there is one included. Not the best one so I suggest you try and get hold of a better filesystem for CD's. It works though but can't handle joliet and long filenames. Do a search on aminet for different cd dosdrivers.
Hmm.. can't think of anything else right now.
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I have a desktop. Thanks for the info. Will I be able to use a standard piggyback cable?
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yes, just use a normal cable and a normal cd-rom :)
very easy ..
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Be aware that you need ATAPI support from either:
OS3.5 or OS3.9
If you have OS3.0 or OS3.1, you need the IDEFix package, so that ATAPI compatibility could be initiated.
As-is there is no ATAPI support and your A4000 won't be able to detect a standard CDROM.