21 Apr
2001
21 Apr
'01
12:41 a.m.
From: Eric Dittman <dittman(a)dittman.net>
True but the first reason given is the one that was DEC designed. At the
time
the Infoserver was flown a Cdreader was 1200-1800$ for a 1x! and it was
thought
a group could effectively share a library of them. In the late 80s early
ninties
that was very true.
Allison
> These things are from the days when CD drives were
expensive,
basically.
> You could put any external scsi device on them (I
think even tape
drives)
> but we used them for CDROM distribution at the
university where I
dealt with
them.
Not just because CD drives were expensive, but also because
for certain VMS systems there just wasn't an easy way to
hook up a CD drive (depending on the bus and storage options).