Information in this page updated: 07 Jan 96
Sometimes you can get even in our days a simple HighSierra processed CD, this kind of filing system is not readable on several CDFS'.
I do not have any information about the PC Modul for the Emplant board, sorry.
There is a new alternative for you: PC-Task 3. The program emulates a 80286 processor and so you can run at least Windows 3.1. But beware the "gigantic" requirements of PC-Task (lots of ram, GfxBoard for VGA, fast 68k processor etc.) It offers a special driver to access a CD-ROM connected to the amiga. Be aware that large anaimations, videos etc. will not work, they expect more from a PC than PC-Task can offer. But, you can access several databanks, multimedia applications and such things. But I know at least one applications that plays dirty tricks with the CD-driver and this does not work with PCTask. Also PCTask has severe problems with some SCSI-Controllers (Dataflyer, Masoboshi, Squirrel) and comes up only with a DOS error message "No HS or ISO format"
Emplant supports SCSI(!) CD-ROMs trought its own controller, via Amiga SCSI controller and non-SCSI CD-ROMs via the empcd.device that then emulates a CD as removeable.
ShapeShifter: ShapeShifter comes with buildin support for CD-ROM drives such as transforming evary SCSI drive into an Apple CD-300, which can be accessed via the Apple CD-ROM extensions/drivers. Thrid party toolkits such as FWBs work with every drive when the trasnformation is disabled. Also ATAI drives are supported via the empcd.device as removeables.
Format Amiga-program --------------------------------------------------------- BMP, GIF, JPG, PCX, TIFF, SUN, VOC, WAV Datatype, ADpro, ImageFX, Scala MM400, Xv FLI/FLC MainActor, ADpro, ImageFX, ImageMaster, Scala MM400 AVI MainActor, Xv DL MainActor, Xv GL ImageFX, Xv PhotoCD PhotoworX (pro), Asimware, ImageFX, PBM, Scala MM400 MPEG special Hardware or real slow VideoCD special Hardware EB¹ ShapeShifter (MacOS: PaperOut)