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echo: aust_amiga
to: Peter Deane
from: Roderick Breis
date: 1997-01-02 18:58:48
subject: CD ROM

RB>              I wish to attach a CD rom to an amiga 600, i have
 RB> some
 RB> internal IBM ones that i can buy, i am just wondering if someone
 RB> could tell
 RB> me if i can attach that to my parallel port and if you could
 RB> tell me which to connect to where.

 PD> No, you don't just hook it up to the parallel port!

 PD> An 600 has an IDE Hard Drive interface.  Get an IDE CDRom, and hook it
 PD> up to the IDE port.

 PD> You will then need a software device driver so the Amiga can talk to
 PD> the CD Rom.  Not too hard to chase.

I have a problem, I have a harddisk in the IDE Port

-ROD-

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