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Re: ATAPI CD-ROM connecting to sound card



On Tue, 11 Jun 1996, Shay Rojansky wrote:

> > 1) Must support ATAPI-IDE (Gold-Star 4x 540b model).
> > My system: 486DX, 8MB, with VESA Multi I/O card, with a SINGLE IDE controller.
> > Because I have TWO Hard Disks, I can't use them together with the
> > CD-ROM, so I MUST be able to use the CD on the sound card controller.
> 
> I have never heard of a sound card with IDE/ATAPI. That would be very
> silly - connecting your hard drive to your sound card? Personally, I

not your disk, your CD. Yes, most 16bit SC manufacturers have IDE 
interfaceson one or all of their cards. people with two disks buy 
multimedia packages and have to connect the CD somewhere...

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