More of my annoying VAXstation 3100 questions

From: Zane H. Healy <healyzh_at_aracnet.com>
Date: Sat May 29 00:34:09 1999

> Just a quick question; I have an old NEC 3x external SCSI CDROM, and
>i'm in need of a CDROM for my VAXstation 3100. Assuming I found the
>right cables, could that CDROM be used?

It depends. It needs 512-byte blocks, most PC CD-ROMS use 2048-byte
blocks. The big problem might be the cable if you want an external CD. I
have plugged a 3rd Party Mac CD-ROM directly into one of the internal
cables before I got a external cable.

I like Toshiba 4x SCSI CDROM drives.

                                Zane
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