First post, by BLockOUT
Some of the branded PCs back in the day 386 or 486 came limited only for floppy discs and HDD
CDROM was not standard for some models therefore they released quine NICE SLIMS PCs without a 5 1/4 bay. Just a floppy and a HDD.
So my question is regarding that.
Is it possible to do a cdrom upgrade to play certain games that required a CD. Lets suppose C&C or WARCRAFT, those games required CD and had audio tracks in them , also some of Larry games had cd audio and space quest too.
So my question is more regarding on how to do it, How is that upgrade done?
You put an ISA I/O card on the pc and make the cdrom external sending the IDE cable on the back of the pc?
or
You put a soundblaster 16 ISA card and connect the cdrom to the soundblaster? is that possible with any cdrom brand?
For example i got a SB CT3600 that has an IDE connector on the card, but i never understood soundcard IDE conectivity.
I might also have a soundblaster CT17XX model somwhere that i think i read was SCSI. but never understood how to connect it because i think it will work with only few cdrom models.