Old CD-ROMs & free C compiler?

From: Mark <mark_k_at_iname.com>
Date: Thu Apr 29 07:33:20 1999

Hi,

On Fri, 16 Apr 1999 Max Eskin wrote:
> On Fri, 16 Apr 1999, Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) wrote:
> >Also, before the days of IDE CD-ROMs, and "Sound-Card interface", there
> >were a lot of bizarre proprietary CD-ROM interfaces.
>
> Yes, I've even owned a huge external drive for a while, I mailed it to
> someone on this list.

I have some old Hitachi CD-ROM drives. They are single speed, from memory part
number CDR-1503S. About the area of a desktop PC, but not as high. Connect to
the host computer via a 37-way D connector.

Does anyone know what type of controller card is needed in the PC to use these
drives?



Also, can anyone recommend a free C compiler running under MS-DOS, that can
produce code capable of running on an XT type PC? I have used djgpp, but
programs compiled with that require at least a 286SX.


-- Mark
Received on Thu Apr 29 1999 - 07:33:20 BST