Would you be willing to share your source for the HD/73 interface?
I could use this in another project that doesn't require a continuous
stream of data.

                                                      Thanks and Regards,

                                                                    Jim
-----Original Message-----
From: Maverick <maverick@DRGW.NET>
To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Date: Wednesday, August 25, 1999 11:55 PM
Subject: Re: ATAPI CD-ROM control.


>>> I recently bought a 12X CD ROM Drive for $5.00, and was going to use it
for
>>> a stand alone
>>> MPEG player.  I'd appreciate it if you would share with me what you have
so
>>> far, and in return,
>>> I will let you in on anything I come up with relating to the same.  My
email
>>> address is jamesp@intertex.net.
>
>I've successfully had a hard drive hooked up to a '73 and reading and
>writing data
>from the drive, but I'm forced to agree with the conclusion on Wesley's
>page - it is, in
>a word, SLOW.  I can't get anywhere near the continuous transfer rates
>needed for most
>MP3 playback, let alone handling all the overhead and the occassional seek
>problems on a CDROM.
>However, if you find a way to do it, please let me know - I eventually gave
>up on the PIC and
>switched to an AMD186 for this project...
>
>ND Holmes
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