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a lot of bizarre proprietary CD-ROM interfaces.
I have some old Hitachi CD-ROM
drives. They are single speed, from memory part
number CDR-1503S. About the area of a desktop PC, but not as high. Connect to
the host computer via a 37-way D connector.
Does anyone know what type of controller card is needed in the PC to use these
drives?
HITACHI. Sometimes "proprietary" is quite literal. I think that some
models of them were also sold by Amdek, and therefore possibly
interchangeable. I probably still have some (and drivers!). But I'm not
sure how long it will take me to find 'em.
Oooppsss.. Sorry about the blank message....
A friend of mine worked at Reference Technology developing a CD-ROM drive
based on the hitachi mechanism, way before CD-ROMs were a thing. In fact,
they created a custom file format (pre-pre-ISO 9660) for a shareware disk
that they used as a demo. Unfortunately, the market didn't develop fast
enough, and Ref. Tech. went belly up.
Long story short, I MAY have an interface card in my junk at home, but I
think I threw all the documentation away with the drive (a VCR sized box)
several years ago. If I can find it, I'll send it to you.
clint