CD-ROM on RT-11? - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

4 Apr 2002

...
  I presume from what you are saying that the Viking/QDT
does not have any
 boot ROMs.  If so, it is one of the very few (probably the only one I know
 about) NON-DEC controllers or host adapters that does not have a boot
 ROM. 
There are four versions of the Viking board.  Tape, Disk, Tape/Disk, and
Disk/Boot (it can only boot a PDP-11).

...
  Any idea if there was a DEC approved CDROM drive which
did NOT
 use a caddy? 
Sure, any CD-ROM that they had out after the RRD-42.

...
  Any idea how much an M8190-BB (quad 11/73) might cost?
 I have a
 couple, but I want to keep them for a few more years.  But Tom might
 find this is the least expensive way to go. 
It would probably be a worth while upgrade, BUT it would also require a
backplane and memory upgrade, and as I recall he doesn't have a budget for
this.  As for the price I don't remember, but I know they've come down in
price (I got mine as part of a trade).

			Zane