[Coco] Is there a way to Run a CD-ROM drive using something other than the SCSI cartridge pak?

[Frank Pittel]

I remember once upon a time being able to read a cd from a coco using the superide. Was only able to get it to work in nitros9 and burning the disks in a format it could read made it more trouble than it was worth and I stuck with drivewire. 

> On Jul 27, 2017, at 6:55 AM, tim franklinlabs.com <tim at franklinlabs.com> wrote:
> 
>   Even if it could read the CD, how would you format the CD???? Is there
>   a utility available to format the CD and put software on it??? Just
>   curious
> 
>     On July 27, 2017 at 6:37 AM Mark Marlette
>     <mmarlette at frontiernet.net> wrote:
> 
>     Kip,
> 
>     SuperDriver should work READ only on the Gside or sIDE interfaces.
> 
>     I don't remember if we tried that or not, but I know it supported
>     ATA and ATAPI devices.
> 
>     HawkSoft's CDF file manager also a plus for the ISO9660.
> 
>     Regards,
>     Mark Marlette
>     [1]http://www.cloud9tech.com
>     mark at cloud9tech.com
>     mark at gamecamaddict.com
> 
>     ________________________________
>     From: Kip Koon <computerdoc at sc.rr.com>
>     To: 'CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts' <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>     Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2017 11:54 PM
>     Subject: [Coco] Is there a way to Run a CD-ROM drive using something
>     other than the SCSI cartridge pak?
> 
>     Hi Everyone,
> 
>     Does anyone know if there is a way to run a CD-ROM drive on the Coco
>     1, 2 or
> 
>     3 using something other than the SCSI controller? I don't have a
>     SCSI
> 
>     controller for the Coco, but after reading some of the CD-ROM emails
>     lately,
> 
>     it occurred to me that I had never hooked up a CD-ROM drive to my
>     Coco. I
> 
>     know it is possible to use the IDE Interface on a PC to run a CD-ROM
>     drive
> 
>     so I was wondering if the same could be done with the SuperIDE
>     Controller or
> 
>     the Glenside IDE Controller. Has anyone ever tried this before? Any
>     help
> 
>     would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance.
> 
>     Kip Koon
> 
>     computerdoc at sc.rr.com
> 
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