30 Sep
2007
30 Sep
'07
8:36 a.m.
On 9/30/07, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:
Is this likely to be correct? That a 3100/38 won't
be able to boot
from CD? If it can, what sort of CD-ROM drive will I need? Do I need
the special 512KB block support that SPARCstations are supposed to
need? I have an old external Apple drive (CD300, I think) that I hope
will do, if I can come up with the right permutations of SCSI cables
to connect it...
My 3100/30 boots fine off the Hobbyist VMS disc using my
boots-anything Apple CD300 (aka Sony) drive. It's the one with the
removable trays, not built-in. That drive has booted all the Vaxen,
SGI, Suns and NeXT machines I have. Painfully slow, but does the job.
Some DEChead can correct me on this, but I believe that's also the
same drive in DEC's RRD42 as well.
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jht