12 Feb
2004
12 Feb
'04
9:30 a.m.
On Thu, 12 Feb 2004, Curt Vendel wrote:
Problem I've run into is that the older vax'es
don't play well with many
non-Dec CD-ROM drives due to a firmware issue and I've had to go out and
hunt a real DEC cd-rom.... the Alpha's are far more flexible and play
well with more common parts.
True, although I have had success with most of the
drives I ended
up with.
Certain Toshiba cd-roms and vaxes get along nicely, I
had an older NEC
multispin work on a Microvax II at one point if I recall.... DVD's
would only be viewed as cd-roms if you could get them to be accessible
at all.... if you've got a nice supply of drives to tinker with, its
worth doing some trial and error research.
Yeah, I have about, hrrm, oh, 200 drives
splattered across the
place, so I can play. I *know* that most NEC, Toshiba and all
of the Plextor drives are OK. Most older CD-writers are, too.
I have a box of JVC DVD players, I will probably hook em up to
an 3100 and see what happens... likewise for the Nakamichi CD
changers.
(it will be fun to set up an 3100 with 2 SCSI channels as an
InfoServer, with 2 external towers loaded with Nakamichi CD
changers and a couple DVD drives... ;-)
--f