Cd-Rom for A-1200?

[bluewater41]

Hi: I need help on what Cd-rom would be best & compatiable for my 1200. My setup is A-1200 with 3.1, Amigaos 3.9 Apollo 040 Accel w/32 Migs Ram. I also have a ATA Controller also so I could use a 3.5" IDE.

Thanx in advance

Mike


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[utri007]

Hi: I need help on what Cd-rom would be best & compatiable for my 1200. My setup is A-1200 with 3.1, Amigaos 3.9 Apollo 040 Accel w/32 Migs Ram. I also have a ATA Controller also so I could use a 3.5" IDE.

Any IDE cd-rom will do. OS3.9 has a cd-rom drivers and scsi.device in rom update can handle cd-roms.

[AmigaOldskooler]

Hi: I need help on what Cd-rom would be best & compatiable for my 1200. My setup is A-1200 with 3.1, Amigaos 3.9 Apollo 040 Accel w/32 Migs Ram. I also have a ATA Controller also so I could use a 3.5" IDE.

Thanx in advance

Mike


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Apart from normal IDE, I have good experience with the Squirrel SCSI adapter. More info here. It plugs into the PCMCIA slot on the 1200 and the other end goes to a CD-ROM unit. You can also add more devices by daisy-chain, like ZIP-drives for example.

[Thorham]

Apart from normal IDE, I have good experience with the Squirrel SCSI adapter. More info here. It plugs into the PCMCIA slot on the 1200 and the other end goes to a CD-ROM unit. You can also add more devices by daisy-chain, like ZIP-drives for example.

And then you need old SCSI CD ROM drives. Much better to just buy a 25 bucks IDE DVD re-writer in the peecee shoppe around the corner.

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

I'd second the vote for SCSI over IDE, but then as mentioned above, you'd need some kind of SCSI adapter (either via accelerator card or PCMCIA).  Haven't looked lately but a year or so back I could buy external SCSI CD drives on ebay all day long for under $5.  

[Thorham]

I'd second the vote for SCSI over IDE, but then as mentioned above, you'd need some kind of SCSI adapter (either via accelerator card or PCMCIA).  Haven't looked lately but a year or so back I could buy external SCSI CD drives on ebay all day long for under $5.  

And then you're stuck with an old CD Rom drive. Mechanical devices wear over time when used, and you have no way of knowing how much such a drive was used (unless you can get NOS drives, of course). Same goes for hard drives. Always buy new if possible.

New IDE DVD re-writers can be connected to the A1200's internal IDE port. Just use IdeFix software. I have a Samsung 22 speed DVD re-writer. Cost me 22 euros, and burning both CDs and DVDs works properly.

[motrucker]

I also prefer SCSI drives. It's not like SCSI dropped off the planet. I use a SCSI DVD writer with my old A2000. Didn't cost much, and works great.
On the A2000 it's actually easier than IDE in most cases. On an A1200 it's about 50/50

[danbeaver]

Not all new CD/DVD drives work with the Amiga. I've had to return two in the last year and buy older models. For an IDE equipped Amiga, an IDE drive is cheaper, easier to locate, and easier to configure (no termination issues nor conflicting device number, just Master/Slave -- a wee bit into BDSM).

[motrucker]

Not all new CD/DVD drives work with the Amiga. I've had to return two in the last year and buy older models. For an IDE equipped Amiga, an IDE drive is cheaper, easier to locate, and easier to configure (no termination issues nor conflicting device number, just Master/Slave -- a wee bit into BDSM).

Horsefeathers. In all my years of setting up and using Amigas (SCSI) I don't have any problems. And with SCSI you can use many more devices than just the lame ide master/slave.

[Ancalimon]

Horsefeathers. In all my years of setting up and using Amigas (SCSI) I don't have any problems. And with SCSI you can use many more devices than just the lame ide master/slave.

Over the years I had one CDROM drive that caused Amiga1200 to wait a long time with hdd light lit before starting to boot. I also had a CDROM drive that caused Amiga to hang and only when I pressed the eject button  and reboot (cdrom ejected after the reboot) the A1200 would start to boot.

[danbeaver]

Horsefeathers. In all my years of setting up and using Amigas (SCSI) I don't have any problems. And with SCSI you can use many more devices than just the lame ide master/slave.

Lucky you!

[Thorham]

Lucky you!

Indeed. When I bought a DVD re-writer for my old Pentium III peecee, I tried it on my Amiga first (to see what would happen), and it wouldn't burn anything. Definitely not everything will just work. Even the drive I'm using now needs some non-standard settings, or disk changes won't be detected.

[magnetic]

2014 and we are having the 90s SCSI vs IDE debate... amazing