1 Jan
2007
1 Jan
'07
10:14 a.m.
At 03:45 AM 12/31/2006 -0500, you wrote:
On 12/31/06, Chuck Guzis <cclist at sydex.com>
wrote:
I still have this slick Nakamichi 7 disk scsi CD changer with audio outputs
on the back. Something like MBR-7?? I wish I had a killer application for
it. I wonder if it has enough front panel control to use it as an audio CD
player without connecting to the scsi bus at all-- something like I'm doing
with my NEC Multispin 6x caddy type CD drive. I have it connected to my
stereo, via coax digital audio out. I only have 4 or 5 caddies laying
around though.
I'm just sorry that I gave away my old 7 CD
unit.
I have something like that I was thinking about digging out... it's a
table-top unit, with a 2X drive and a 7-disc internal changer. I was
contemplating seeing if I could replace the transport with a SCSI
DVD-ROM unit just for fun, as 7 CDs isn't all that interesting. As for the OP's question, if _I_ had a 7
*transport* box, I'd consider
replacing most or all of the transports with SCSI DVD-ROMs for a
decent amount of archival storage readback. I could back interesting
things up to DVD-R on a single writer, then keep the most important
stuff available for readback. It's not as much storage as even a
moderate-sized RAID array, but it isn't likely to suffer from
headcrashes, etc.
-ethan
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