Macintosh IIcx + PowerCD 600e = are they compatible?

[MacIIBoy]

Hello!

I want to get a CD-Rom for my Macintosh IIcx and I have my eyes on a PowerCD 600e!
But according to its manual it says that it says the following:

"Your AppleCD 600e quad-speed CD-ROM player works with the MacintoshIIci computer and all later Macintosh and PowerBook models that have a68030 or higher processor with a clock speed of 25 megahertz or higher. Yoursystem software must be version 7.1 or later."

http://archive.retro.co.za/mirrors/apple/manuals.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/0307197AAPLCD600ECDUG.PDF

Does this mean that it wont work with my Macintosh IIcx at all or that it will be slower than 4x speed?

Thank you all in advance!

 

[croissantking]

I don’t quite see how they could stop you using it on a IIcx - it seems like more of a recommendation.

 

[MacIIBoy]

I ofc mean AppleCD 600e, not PowerCD.

 

[Durosity]

It’ll work fine, I have a cd 600e I use on a verity of old macs, including an SE, II, IIcx, even been used with a plus.

 

[MacIIBoy]

It’ll work fine, I have a cd 600e I use on a verity of old macs, including an SE, II, IIcx, even been used with a plus.

This is great news! Thank you so much!

Just out of curiosity do you get less than 4x speed on your older macs or does it still get 4x?
I would assume you get at least 1x on all different Macs, what's your experience?

 

[Juror22]

Just out of curiosity do you get less than 4x speed on your older macs or does it still get 4x?
I would assume you get at least 1x on all different Macs, what's your experience?

I was always just happy to have the 600e work without needing a driver for it, so I never paid any attention to the speed (my first CD drive was an NEC back in the day and required one). How would I check the speed - would one of the hardware tests verify that?

 

[Durosity]

This is great news! Thank you so much!

Just out of curiosity do you get less than 4x speed on your older macs or does it still get 4x?
I would assume you get at least 1x on all different Macs, what's your experience?

Can’t say I’ve ever tested it. It’ll be limited by its weakest link.. I think the scsi controller on all those systems would be faster than the speed of the 600e, but other things could have slowed it down.

I suspect the reason it’s minimum spec is the IIci is other related functionality, like the version of quicktime or something.