Best way to connect CD Rom to A4000???

jabsy · 09 November 2008, 08:03

What's the best wat to connect the CDROM drive to an A4000D??

I use an IDE hard drive for the system. I have a Tandem Zorro IDE card, A X-Surf with IDE, and the onboard IDE. At the moment it's connected to the Tandem. Am I better off ditching the Tandem and setting it as slave to the onboard IDE?? Or even hooking it up to the X-Surf???

I even have a spare 2091 I can connect but I dont think I have a SCSI drive short enough to fit inside the 4000.

Anyone have any recommendations???

jabsy

alexh · 09 November 2008, 08:58

Not too sure X-Surf IDE can do ATAPI drives.

Jope · 09 November 2008, 10:37

It can. The only limitation in comparison to a normal IDE connector is no autoboot, as it doesn't have a rom onboard.

alexh · 09 November 2008, 12:25

And I guess even that can be overcome if you have a Kickflash, eFlash, Algor Pro, Deneb or some other form of flash boot device?

AmigaFriend · 09 November 2008, 12:41

2 months ago I've ditched my old 2x SCSI cd-rom drive to a ASUS 32x CD-RW drive that i had without being used.

I plugged it to the onboard A4000D IDE connector. It works like a charm. It even does 8X recording CD-R with MakeCD, on the 040/25 without losing a byte. You have of course to use IDEFix97 for WB3.0/3.1.

It's the only drive attached to the IDE slot, I'm using a SCSI II hard drive.

Hope that helps somehow.

Cheers

alexh · 09 November 2008, 15:51

8x is what? 8 * 150KByte/s = 1.2MByte/s

Not bad. Especially as some of the Amiga's bandwidth is being used to read the SCSI disk too!

rkauer · 09 November 2008, 17:01

Just a word of warning: the IDE ports on the Bhudda/X-surf and other E3B/I-C products aren't able to use a DVD/CD-RW unit to burn discs.

They are capable of reading discs, of course.

AmigaFriend · 09 November 2008, 18:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by alexh

8x is what? 8 * 150KByte/s = 1.2MByte/s

Not bad. Especially as some of the Amiga's bandwidth is being used to read the SCSI disk too!

Indeed

I was really impressed too!

Mozzerfan · 10 November 2008, 01:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by rkauer

Just a word of warning: the IDE ports on the Bhudda/X-surf and other E3B/I-C products aren't able to use a DVD/CD-RW unit to burn discs.

They are capable of reading discs, of course.

I'm using a Lite-on CD-burner on my Xsurf2 IDE and have succesfully burned lots of backup CDs. I even restored my system from these CDs a couple of times.

Regards,
Lloyd

jabsy · 11 November 2008, 01:08

Thanks for the info chaps. Looks like I'll turf the tandem into one of the other boxes and use the x-surf or the onboard.

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jabsy Yeah Hup! Join Date: May 2006 Location: Australia Age: 54 Posts: 345	Best way to connect CD Rom to A4000??? What's the best wat to connect the CDROM drive to an A4000D?? I use an IDE hard drive for the system. I have a Tandem Zorro IDE card, A X-Surf with IDE, and the onboard IDE. At the moment it's connected to the Tandem. Am I better off ditching the Tandem and setting it as slave to the onboard IDE?? Or even hooking it up to the X-Surf??? I even have a spare 2091 I can connect but I dont think I have a SCSI drive short enough to fit inside the 4000. Anyone have any recommendations??? jabsy

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alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,331	Not too sure X-Surf IDE can do ATAPI drives.

09 November 2008, 10:37	#3
Jope - Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Helsinki / Finland Age: 43 Posts: 9,861	It can. The only limitation in comparison to a normal IDE connector is no autoboot, as it doesn't have a rom onboard.

09 November 2008, 12:25	#4
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,331	And I guess even that can be overcome if you have a Kickflash, eFlash, Algor Pro, Deneb or some other form of flash boot device?

09 November 2008, 12:41	#5
AmigaFriend Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: CLI Posts: 1,462	2 months ago I've ditched my old 2x SCSI cd-rom drive to a ASUS 32x CD-RW drive that i had without being used. I plugged it to the onboard A4000D IDE connector. It works like a charm. It even does 8X recording CD-R with MakeCD, on the 040/25 without losing a byte. You have of course to use IDEFix97 for WB3.0/3.1. It's the only drive attached to the IDE slot, I'm using a SCSI II hard drive. Hope that helps somehow. Cheers

09 November 2008, 15:51	#6
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,331	8x is what? 8 * 150KByte/s = 1.2MByte/s Not bad. Especially as some of the Amiga's bandwidth is being used to read the SCSI disk too!

09 November 2008, 17:01	#7
rkauer I hate potatos and shirts Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Sao Leopoldo / Brazil Age: 58 Posts: 3,482	Just a word of warning: the IDE ports on the Bhudda/X-surf and other E3B/I-C products aren't able to use a DVD/CD-RW unit to burn discs. They are capable of reading discs, of course.

11 November 2008, 01:08	#10
jabsy Yeah Hup! Join Date: May 2006 Location: Australia Age: 54 Posts: 345	Thanks for the info chaps. Looks like I'll turf the tandem into one of the other boxes and use the x-surf or the onboard.

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