21 Mar
2007
21 Mar
'07
11:24 p.m.
At 11:58 PM -0400 3/21/07, David Betz wrote:
It seems all of my removable media devices are broken
(TK50 and
RX50). That leaves me wondering if I can boot a MicroVAX II or a
KDJ11-A off of a CD-ROM. I have a SCSI controller that should work
with either machine and I have a SCSI CD-ROM drive. Can either of
these machines boot from a SCSI CD-ROM?
Thanks,
David
Short answer, yes.
Long answer, it depends on if the SCSI controller will support a
CD-ROM. I'd recommend trying a Plextor SCSI CD-ROM drive set to
512-byte blocks, or a DEC CD-ROM drive.
Zane
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