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What are the differences between the Archos, CD1200, CD4000, and Squirrel CD drives?

April 26, 2017Archos CD cd1200 cd4000 differences drives squirrel

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What are the differences between the Archos, CD1200, CD4000, and Squirrel CD drives?

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The Archos drive uses the PCMCIA slot, emulates Akiko through software (but as far as I know only Wing Commander uses it and that crashes, hmm…), needs you to install the CD-ROM file system to your Workbench before you can use the drive, needs a utility (supplied) to boot CD32 CDs, and doesn’t have FMV capability. The CD1200 isn’t available yet. It uses the A1200’s trapdoor slot, has Akiko, has Kickstart 3.1, boots straight from CD-ROM, and doesn’t have FMV capability. This drive was officially canned (I was there when they canned it). I haven’t heard anything otherwise. If you would like to see what it would have looked like and its features (so you can be further angered by its failed release), then Gareth Knight recommends this page.