Adding a CD-ROM / DVD-ROM to your Amiga 500 / 500+ has never been easier.
It has never been easier to make use of a CD-ROM / DVD-ROM with your amiga 500.
Upto now it was so much easier to hook up a CD-ROM drive to a bigbox amiga, with all it's SCSI and IDE controllers available.
for the amiga 500 initially there was an A570 CD-ROM drive, but they where shortlived and are very hard to find nowadays.
But now you can simply connect (Almost) any IDE/ATAPI Optical drive drive to the external IDE/ATAPI interface and hook it up to an (external) power supply, and then you're good to go.
Imagine how many ADF files of 880 KB would fit on a 4.7GB DVD-ROM Disc.
Can i hook up any CD-ROM / DVD-ROM Drive to the Amiga 500 ?
You'll need to make sure when you are Adding a CD-ROM / DVD-ROM to your Amiga 500, that the drive has an IDE / ATAPI interface otherwise it will not be useable with the interface.
And then i did not test every brand and every type, but what i tested on CD-ROM and DVD-ROM drives worked without a problem.
Powering the CD-ROM / DVD-ROM Drive should be done by using an external power supply, the PSU of the Amigta 500 is not designed with a lot of overcapacity , perhaps it will work but i strongly advice to use an external PSU.
What software / drivers do i need when Adding a CD-ROM / DVD-ROM to your Amiga 500?
The IDE / Atapi interface comes with a floppy disc containing a specific IDE driver that supports harddisks, Compact Flash cards and Optical drives on the external interface.
You need a CD-ROM handler , and a mountlist for mounting the Optical drive, those are all available on the accompanying floppy disc. (The software / drivers work only from kickstart 2.0 and up)
The CD-ROM drive will only work when booting from any disc that contains drivers and mountlist.
Will it work with Game X or Application Y
Well that one is quite easy to answer, when you are adding a CD-ROM / DVD-ROM to your Amiga 500, there's no autoconfig in any way so there is always the need to load some stuff before the optical drive is recognized.
So if you boot to a CLI or a workbench screen before your game or application is launched , yes it should work (if you alter the bootdisk to load the drivers and mount the optical drive before starting the Game / Application itsself.
What exactly does and doesn't work is a task you have to find out yourself , it works with all kinds of Amiga Magazine cover CD's , it works with music CD's, it works with burned CD's with ADF or DMS files.
So this will also be an easy way to transport large volume data from PC to the Amiga.
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First: I'm using it in combination with a PiStorm with Emu68 and OS 3.2.2.1. Some problems I have might be due to the PiStorm.
I'm using it mainly to have a CD-ROM drive and to have a possibility to exchange data with my PC (besides network shares).
The quality of the device is very good, the printed case and the pcb.
Communication and support was very good. Thanks 🙂
I have currently connected a DeLock (91624) CF-Card Reader (as Master) and a Toshiba Samsung SH-S182 DVD-Writer (as Slave).
Whats working: using a CF card with 128 MB (2GB seems to work, 4/8 GB failed for me). I've partitioned one with one partition and FFS and one on my PC with FAT32. Created three mountfiles (DVD / CF(with ffs)/ CF(with FAT95)).
Each one works for itself.
What does currently not work: mounting the CD-Drive AND the CF simultaneously (regardless of FFS / FAT95). It will destroy filesystem on CF-Card. Read errors. Meanwhile reading from CD works without problems. This might be due my PiStorm-Setup or the used CF-Reader.
I'm not intending to boot from CF, so thats not tested. (However, the delivered setup worked for me, also with booting.)
Easy to install, top quality add-on, works flawlessly. The 3D printed housing is superb also. Excellent communications throughout the ordering process and after delivery. 5 stars.
The perfect add-on to my Amiga 500 together with an updated Kickstart ROM.
Very nice support while ordering and very easy to install. Works like a charm.
Perfect no problem , delivery ok and very easy to install with all support in paper and images good communication by Email .
I suggest this company serious and professional !!!
This is a very nice product
Works very well
