Commander X16

Edmond D wrote: ↑Sun Dec 22, 2024 6:54 pm

RulsanSoftware wrote: ↑Thu Dec 19, 2024 1:59 pm Need CDDA on CX16's CD-ROM Add-on

Can I ask what is CCDA?

It is the initialism (not acronym) for CD Digital Audio. In other words: this lets you play music and audio CDs through the computer's speakers.

Usually, CD-ROM drives have a 4-pin analog audio output on the back. If you connect this output to the matching motherboard input, you can start a compact disc playing in the drive, and it will play though the computer's sound system, without using the host CPU. Some CD players even had an LCD panel and track selection controls on the front. Others sometimes had a single "Play" button. Either way, users could control CD playback from an app on the computer.

Thanks for the explanation Tom, as a Google of CDDA wasn't productive.

Building in a (music) CD player into an X16 system sounds possible. Like others state it's probably not going to happen unless someone takes up the challenge. I don't see al lot of interest or demand yet.

For myself, I bought an X16 to relive the 1980's experience; that included several limitations that are acceptable to me.