AppleCD

AppleCD was a line of CD-ROM optical drives marketed by Apple Computer. The drives were connected through a SCSI interface and typically set set to ID #3.Un lecteur CD plus rapide dans la Pippin (et un échec partiel) (French) by Pierre Dandumont, Le Journal du Lapin. 2016-09-03. These were eventually superseded by IDE-based mechanisms and DVD-ROM drives in the late 1990s.
==Models==
*AppleCD SC (1x speed, model M2850) — required a CD caddy. Introduced in 1988, the internal fan was found to be drawing dust into the CD mechanism which had no external door; it was deemed unnecessary and left out of units manufactured from early 1990.AppleCD SC: Fan Deleted in 1990, Apple. 2012-02-18. Archived 2012-04-18. Music playback was accomplished through the CD Remote desk accessory, later superseded by AppleCD Audio Player.Installing the resources for the AppleCD SC Plus (PDF), AppleCD SC Plus Owner's Guide, Apple Computer. 1991.
*AppleCD SC Plus (1x speed, model M3021) — required a CD caddy. Introduced in 1991, the new drive mechanism added a drive door to keep out dust and could read CDs with more data than the original Red Book standard, up to 750 MB.AppleCD, IT History Society. Accessed 2020-04-04.AppleCD SC Plus, Apple Rescue of Denver. Accessed 2020-04-03.
*AppleCD 150 (1x speed, model M3022) — smaller enclosure, still required a CD caddy.AppleCD 150 External CD-ROM Drive, Apple Rescue of Denver. Accessed 2020-04-04.
*AppleCD 300 (2x speed, model M3023) — same enclosure as AppleCD 150, still required a CD caddy.AppleCD 300 by Sameli Kujala, Flickr. 2010-06-29. Introduced in 1992.AppleCD 300 by Adam Engst, TidBITS. 1992-10-12.
*AppleCD 300 Plus (2x speed) — same enclosure as AppleCD 150, but introduced a built-in CD tray and no caddy needed.AppleCD 300 Plus CD-ROM Drive, Apple Rescue of Denver. Accessed 2020-04-04.
*AppleCD 300e Plus (2x speed, M2918) — included a CD tray, revised enclosure.AppleDesign Speakers II & AppleCD 300e Plus, AppleToTheCore. 2011-06-20.
*AppleCD 600e (4x speed, model M3958) — included a CD tray, same enclosure as AppleCD 300e Plus.
===Internal mechanisms===
*Apple CR-503-C (2x speed CD-ROM), used in AppleCD 300 Plus.
*Apple CR-504-C/K (4x speed CD-ROM, a.k.a. AppleCD 600i)
*Apple CR-504-L (4x speed CD-ROM), also used in Bandai's Pippin consoles.
*Apple CR-506-C (8x speed CD-ROM, a.k.a. AppleCD 1200i)Un lecteur CD plus rapide dans la Pippin (avec la ROM 1.3) (French) by Pierre Dandumont, Le Journal du Lapin. 2016-10-22.
*Apple CR-507-C (12x speed CD-ROM, a.k.a. AppleCD 1800i)CDROM Drive 12x SCSI Apple CD 1800i (661-1415), PartSquad. Accessed 2020-04-04.
*Apple CR-508-C (24x speed CD-ROM)Un lecteur CD (encore) plus rapide dans la Pippin (French) by Pierre Dandumont, Le Journal du Lapin. 2017-03-18.
===Driver software===
Classic Mac OS included an Apple CD-ROM extension, which at first only supported Apple-branded hardware. This forced users of drives from other manufactures to resort to using a range of 3rd-party drivers with varying degrees of compatibility. Apple started making its CD-ROM extension "universal" with version 5.3.1, which was included with Mac OS 7.6.Disk, CD-ROM Drivers, The Mac Driver Museum. Archived 2015-10-12.
The Apple CD-ROM extension was superseded by the Apple CD/DVD Driver included with Mac OS 8.1, which again limited compatibility to drives supplied by Apple. However, this could be hacked to support 3rd-party drives.
==References==
==See also==
*PowerCD
*SuperDrive
==External links==
*Product List: Macintosh Drives & Storage Devices at Apple (1996-09-14, archived 1996-10-17)
**AppleCD 300e Plus/600e (PDF) by Apple Service Source
*AppleCD 300e Plus at Centre for Computing History
*Apple CD-ROM & Apple CD/DVD Driver Reference at Siber-Sonic
*AppleCD versions and differences at 68k Macintosh Liberation Army
* at Wikipedia
Category:Discontinued Apple peripherals