SCSI identify command

Alexandre Souza wrote: Yep, Philips VP-415, part of the Acorn/BBC Domesday system. It was a modified version of a different Philips player (VP-412 I believe) that had the addition of a genlock board and SCSI control logic in a 'slice' beneath the main player. It retained the RS-232 interface too, but that could only be used for player control - the SCSI interface let you also pull data from the discs into the controlling computer. I believe it's the only example of an LVROM drive ever produced; it was too big and expensive for home use, and within a few years LV was dying and CD was taking over anyway. The whole setup's impressive - I've got a nearly-complete copy of the service manual for the player (along with otherwise-complete docs), and the technology is pretty advanced for the day. Sadly the players themselves were let down by poor electronics build quality - the vast majority of them end up being faulty due to intermittent connections (there's around 20 separate PCBs in the machine) or bad solder joints. cheers Jules