USB2.0 / PCMCIA CD/RW solutions on Amiga

[Galahad-Fairlight]

Hello.

I have an external CD/RW-DVD Drive for my Laptop.  It connects to my laptop through a USB2.0 PCMCIA card which then connects to the Laptop through the PCMCIA socket.

Is there any way to get this system to work on my Amiga A12oo?

Is there a software solution that will recognise the USB2.0 card and give me access to the drive?  I only want to retrieve files from it, not actually bothered about writing CD's or reading DVD's.

Any help appreciated

[Acill]

The PCMCIA slot in a 1200 is only a type 1 slot. It cant read a USB card. The only way you can get that drive to work would be to use a subway card or a mediator with a spider 2.0 card. You could allways get a cheap 10 baseT vard and network your amiga to the PC and read them off that way.

[Galahad-Fairlight]

Ok, thats what I thought.

So, where can I get a Serial cable for CD32 to A12oo... would be cheaper I think!

[CRL]

Hi-
There was a pcmcia cd/rom gizmo made by Archos (I think).  Also an Amiga branded version of the same (I still have the box it came in) which never seems to show up in the big book of hardware.  Works OK (only 2X read speed, but maybe faster with a newer cd player).  If you have access to used stuff, it might be just what you want.
Yours-
CRL

[lempkee]

eh u can get 10mbit network cards (pcmica) on ebay for 10 quid..

download Cnet device on aminet and check what cards it support (quite alot infact!)