rs.miller@pro-harvest.cts.com (Randy Miller) (08/12/90)
Dave, Here at the office, I have been experimenting with an Applied Engineering PC Transporter board running on my IIGS (ROM 01 motherboard, Apple 20SC HD, 2 Apple 5.25 in. Drive, Apple 3.5 in Drive and Apple Unidisk 3.5 in drive with 1.25 meg of memory). I would like to use the CD-SC drive to experiment with a CD-ROM product my employer released last year. However, the product in question I want to test requires MicroSoft CD-ROM extensions. Does Apple have a device driver so I can use the CD-SC drive under MS-DOS? While I have the MicroSoft Extensions package at the office, the driver I have is for a Hitachi CD-ROM Drive, specifically the 1305s. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Randy Miller proline:rs.miller@pro-harvest uucp:crash!pro-harvest!rs.miller internet:rs.miller@pro-harvest.cts.com Never teach a pig to sing. You'll drive yourself nuts, and annoy the pig.
dlyons@APPLE.COM (David A. Lyons) (08/13/90)
I don't believe we have any special products for use with the PC Transporter, but as I understand it the GS is under ProDOS 8 while you're using the PCT. If there's a gateway through to the 8-bit Apple II world from the MS-DOS world, you can read blocks off the CD using SmartPort calls. Does that help? --Dave (dlyons@apple.com)
MQUINN@UTCVM.BITNET (08/13/90)
>If there's a gateway through to the 8-bit Apple II words to the MS-DOS >world, you can read blocks of the CD using SmartPort calls. Does that >help? I doubt it will help him... he's changed his question again. Anyway, just to clarify what you've said... you're right. That's the way the PCT accesses a HD... through ProDOS, but you can only read a ProDOS formatted CD this way and only using a special utility program supplied with the PCT and you can't read 'single blocks', only files... to move from ProDOS to MS-DOS or Visa Versa.