How tough is it to add a PCMCIA CDROM to A600 ?

[TheMagicM]

simple, just plug and play? no additional software required?  Does it read burned cd's ?

[TjLaZer]

Pretty much, you ofcourse need a Amiga PCMCIA card, and a external CD drive.  Then CD-ROM software like AsimCDFS or Xetec CDFS.  Or if you have OS 3.5+ on it that will also work.  To get a CD-R(W) to read you need a recent DRIVE.  I got a old CD-ROM drive and it will not read CDRs very well and forget about CDRWs.

[Cyberus]

Am I right in thinking that the earlier versions of the 2.05 rom don't support the PCMCIA slot?

I use an "PCMCIA Alfa-Data CD1200 Controller",
with Mitsumi CD-Rom. In order to get it to work,
it needs additional software. And yes, it reads
burned cd's.
 :-D

[adolescent]

@Cyberus

KS 2.05 always had PCMCIA support. IDE (SCSI.DEVICE) was broken in 2.05 v37.299. (Although, some early A600s were reportedly shipped with KS 2.04!)  

[TheMagicM]

adolescent: u have a PM

[Cyberus]

adolescent wrote:
@Cyberus

KS 2.05 always had PCMCIA support. IDE (SCSI.DEVICE) was broken in 2.05 v37.299. (Although, some early A600s were reportedly shipped with KS 2.04!)  

Thanks for the clarification.
I remember reading somewhere that some A600s were shipped without PCMCIA support - so that must be where I got that from.

[TjLaZer]

I remember reading somewhere that some A600s were shipped without PCMCIA support - so that must be where I got that from.

I think you were remembering it being the IDE was not working due to the older/buggy ROMs.  I think all A600's had working PCMCIA slots.