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From: mk59200@metso.tut.fi (Kolkka Markku Olavi)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: CD-ROM and the Amiga
Message-ID: <1990Jul2.063658.13999@funet.fi>
Date: 2 Jul 90 06:36:58 GMT
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In article <1990Jul1.150251.891@uncecs.edu> ruslan@uncecs.edu (Robin C. LaPasha) writes:
>The real "can we read them" tests will be when we get the
>hooks in the OS to read the drives.  Then we can hope that
>the hooks will be clever enough that software to read the
>disks will soon come out (one vote here for good AmigaVision
>hooks!  Rah!)

What "hooks" do you mean?  There is the SCSI-direct protocol to send arbitrary
SCSI commands, and the SCSI command set for CD-ROMs is defined in the
SCSI-II draft standard.  And the Amiga has installable file systems.
These two provide all the hooks necessary to use CD-ROMs, all you need
is a ISO-9660 compatible filing system that sends commands using any
compatible SCSI adapter.

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	Markku Kolkka
	mk59200@tut.fi