Re: Can I use an A1200 with a PCMCIA CDROM from a PC?

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From: FWD
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 04:41

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Check Aminet for a list of working PCMCIA cards first and for basic CD ROM
driver.
FWD

"AW3452" <andrew_wain@computers39.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> Well as you probiblay guessed from the subject of this post, I am looking
to
> fit a laptop PC's PCMCIA CDROM drive into the PCMCIA slot on my A1200.
>
> I haven't got any software to let the amiga know that the drive is
actually
> there. So I was also wondrering - if it was possible to fit it, where I
> could get the neccicary software from.
>
> This is becasue it seems a REAL shame to spend �50 - �70 to buy one with
an
> IDE interface.
>
> ----------------------------------------
> Andrew,
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> http://www.computers39.fsnet.co.uk
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