User`s guide
From the Apple Menu click on Media Controller to show the CD ROM player.
Click Channel 1, the name of your CD ROM driver sould show in the player
display. Insert a CD. Click Play and adjust the volume on the drive.
Loading Data, Games, etc. from a Data CD
Startup is the same as described above. It seems to be a good idea to have
a data CD in the drive before turning ON the computer. Some drive + card
combinations may not go on-line if no CD is present by the time you turn ON the
computer. You can experiment to see what works for your particular system.
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From: Jason Kettinger
I've got a Chinon CDA-435 1X speed (150Kps) SCSI-1 CDROM hooked up to my
IIgs using the Apple HS SCSI card, and it works great. I don't have any
encyclopedias, and CD-Audio disks do not get detected; but, the IIgs detects
ISO/HFS CD removals and insertions fine without a reboot.
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From: Rubywand
002- I've heard of a package called 'discQuest' which is
supposed to open the way to accessing all sorts of
commercial CD's. But, if I can play CD music and load
files from data CD's, what do I need discQuest for?
Below is a condensed discQuest review. It should help clarify things.
DiscQUEST v1.2.2
for 2MB IIgs from Sequential Systems
CD ROM drive, interface, and System 6 or later required;
hard disk and System 6.01 recommended
There is a burgeoning library of CD-ROM releases. History of the World from
Library Reference is a case in point. discPassage is a PC/Mac interface program
which lets a user access text, pictures, and sound tracks on CD's which employ a
discPassage database.
Typically, dP products carry the digital data disc symbol and are labelled
"for Mac or multi-media PC" with Mac and PC versions of discPassage included on-
disc.
"Whoa! My IIgs has a CD-ROM reader, SCSI interface, and all the standard
System 6.01 drivers. It still can't do much with those disc CD's."
Right. The basic IIgs setup CAN access data and programs on for-Apple II
CD's. If you've added the appropriate Media NDA and Control Panel, your CD-ROM
IIgs can also mimic a CD music disc player complete with all of the usual
controls. Audio is output directly from the CD-ROM drive to headphones, a hi- fi
amp, or a pair of amplified speakers.