The AppleCD SC drive can be used with any Apple II that contains an Apple II
SCSI Card with at least a revision C ROM. The recommended position is at the
end of the SCSI chain. The drive must have a unique priority number on the
SCSI bus. With the appropriate driver, you can access a compact disc that
uses either audio, ProDOS, or High Sierra format.
The AppleCD SC's accessory kit contains a version of CD Remote software for
both the Apple IIe and Apple IIGS.
- To play an audio CD from an Apple IIGS, copy the file CD.AUDIO from the
Apple II disk (supplied with the AppleCD SC) to the DESK.ACCS folder on
the Apple IIGS startup disk.
- On the Apple IIe, run the Apple IIe CD Remote program (included with the
AppleCD SC drive).
A compact disc pressed in ProDOS format will be recognized by either
ProDOS 8 or ProDOS 16, and used accordingly. ProDOS 8 retains its 32MB
limitation, so compact discs are likely to be partitioned if they are
intended to be used on an Apple IIe. ProDOS 16 is not limited to 32MB
volume sizes.
Once a High Sierra driver is placed within the System Folder under
ProDOS 16, the Apple IIGS will recognize a High Sierra disc as a storage
device.
Because the Apple IIe doesn't support ProDOS 16, it can't take advantage
of the Driver folder structure within the System Folder. Apple will supply
interested developers with the High Sierra driver, which must then be
incorporated into each application that supports High Sierra formatted
discs on the Apple IIe.
The eject button on the AppleCD SC operates on all types of compact discs
used on an Apple II. As usual, if an application expects the volume to be
on-line and the disc is ejected, ProDOS will ask the user to insert the
disc.