English Amiga Board - View Single Post - Archos PCMCIA CDRW drive (not zappo) on 1200

Jope · 23 January 2006, 07:44

Well, we'll see whether that works.

The OP is asking for drivers for an Archos CD-RW drive that if used with a PC laptop should have an ide controller chip inside the PCMCIA card.

The Amiga OverDrive however was basically just speaking the mitsumi protocol through the PCMCIA bus (ie. no logic, only wires between the PCMCIA port and the CD-ROM).. The implementation of the Amiga's PCMCIA port is a tad simpler than the ones you find in PC laptops. :-)

23 January 2006, 07:44	#6
Jope - Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Helsinki / Finland Age: 43 Posts: 9,879	Well, we'll see whether that works. The OP is asking for drivers for an Archos CD-RW drive that if used with a PC laptop should have an ide controller chip inside the PCMCIA card. The Amiga OverDrive however was basically just speaking the mitsumi protocol through the PCMCIA bus (ie. no logic, only wires between the PCMCIA port and the CD-ROM).. The implementation of the Amiga's PCMCIA port is a tad simpler than the ones you find in PC laptops. :-)