Information in this page updated: 07 Jan 96
This FAQ differs a little from the normal FAQs with questions and answers. But before you read on, please consider answering the following questions:
· What amiga and what equipment do you own? · How much money can you spend for a CD-ROM drive? · What is it you expect from the drive? · What future equipment will you buy?If you answer those questions you will see which chapter to read. If you compare prices, please note that you'll need a seperate housing for an external drive, that you'll need a driver and sometimes you don't have the right controller. Check the advertisements for the best complete offer, not for the cheapest drive. And be carefull: if you buy a drive at your local pc-dealer and the drive doesn't work with your amiga but does with a pc, no one will take it back and reward you the money. Buy at a specialist, an amiga dealer.
There is no such thing as THE CD-ROM, accessing data on the little, shining disk is a complex together of several components.
Chapter (1,11,12,13) (3,4) (2) +----------+ +-------+ +-----------+ | CD-ROM |-| Drive |-| Interface |----+ +----------+ +-------+ +-----------+ | | +---------------------------------------+ | | +------------+ +--------+ +--------+ +----------+ +-------| Controller |-| Device |-| Driver |-| Software | +------------+ +--------+ +--------+ +----------+ Chapter (5,7) (6) (8,9,10)