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Wanted - external SCSI cd drive

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Looking for one to connect to my Falcon if anybody has one?

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Re: Wanted - external SCSI cd drive

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You can buy a SCSI drive emulator and they support CD-ROM ISOs. E.g. ZuluSCSI, RARSCSI, BlueSCSI(v2)
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Re: Wanted - external SCSI cd drive

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Thanks Alex

Yep I've got a BlueSCSI but just tempted to get an external device like I had back in the day.

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Re: Wanted - external SCSI cd drive

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This is the one panasonic kxl-810a that I use with my Falcon and it works flawlessly. They are pretty cheap on ebay and there are more than a few.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/335359217494?i ... R5LD7e-PZA
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Re: Wanted - external SCSI cd drive

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FYI not all external SCSI CD players support streaming CD audio. I bought a similar Panasonic one like that expecting to be able to play CD audio through my Falcon's audio, but to my surprise it wasn't supported. Roger Burrows (author of Extendos) told me not all devices supported it. Was a let down because that's the main thing I wanted to do lol. Just letting you know in case you have similar ideas :)
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Re: Wanted - external SCSI cd drive

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@Steve I'm surprised by the exact opposite: when you _can_ stream audio via SCSI, how on earth does _that_ work? :)

I remember some utility / driver which would show CD audio tracks as *.wav files in GEM window but still, you had to connect CD-ROM's audio out to the speakers to hear something.

I wasn't a PC user back then but didn't you have to connect CDROM's audio out also for games like Quake to listen to their CD soundtrack?
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Re: Wanted - external SCSI cd drive

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Anyway, I also have a valid post for this thread. I do have one unit:
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brought all the way from Australia. Initially I wanted to make an external case for the CosmosEx from it but I guess that is never going to happen, so it's just collecting dust. I'm open to part with it for postage fees only but:

- it's relatively big
- it's heavy
- it's untested
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It's kind of beautiful. lol.
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Re: Wanted - external SCSI cd drive

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mikro wrote: Thu Jul 04, 2024 11:29 pm Anyway, I also have a valid post for this thread. I do have one unit:

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brought all the way from Australia. Initially I wanted to make an external case for the CosmosEx from it but I guess that is never going to happen, so it's just collecting dust. I'm open to part with it for postage fees only but:

- it's relatively big
- it's heavy
- it's untested
Hi Mikro

That is a really kind offer, thank you so much - I shall send you a PM!
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Re: Wanted - external SCSI cd drive

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Anodyne Software's page is still up and there's some useful info there:

http://www.anodynesoftware.com/e4/readers.html
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