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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: morcar on February 17, 2008, 08:19:07 PM

Title: Connecting a cd drive to my a1200
Post by: morcar on February 17, 2008, 08:19:07 PM

was wondering if i bought a Adaptec 1460 SlimSCSI PCMCIA SCSI Adapter would it work with any scsi cd drive or do i have to find the proper amiga PCMCIA adaptor.

Title: Re: Connecting a cd drive to my a1200
Post by: Flashlab on February 17, 2008, 08:20:08 PM

Won't work; there's no driver.

Title: Re: Connecting a cd drive to my a1200
Post by: davideo on February 17, 2008, 08:31:44 PM

You could use a Squirrel if you want to use the side expansion slot of the Amiga.  8-)

Title: Re: Connecting a cd drive to my a1200
Post by: morcar on February 17, 2008, 08:41:54 PM

dont they cost a lot now though

Title: Re: Connecting a cd drive to my a1200
Post by: davideo on February 17, 2008, 08:48:15 PM

That depends on your definition of a lot  :-o

There was one on Ebay recently advertised at buy it now of £50 with P&P of £3.

I've got one that I could let you have for less than that   ;-)

Title: Re: Connecting a cd drive to my a1200
Post by: Nlandas on February 18, 2008, 12:34:41 AM

Quote

morcar wrote:
was wondering if i bought a Adaptec 1460 SlimSCSI PCMCIA SCSI Adapter would it work with any scsi cd drive or do i have to find the proper amiga PCMCIA adaptor.

Since others have said that it's not compatible, How about using a buffered IDE controller and an external IDE  CDROM or mount a laptop model internally?

AmigaKit Buffered IDE controller (http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=42&products_id=532&osCsid=dbbe9315fe21d432a9586267670689e5)

-Nyle

Title: Re: Connecting a cd drive to my a1200
Post by: DoogUK on February 18, 2008, 11:50:40 AM

Many people including myself have done the laptop cd inside the A1200 hack...it works fine and looks ok if done neatly.