512 byte CD-ROM drives

From: healyzh_at_aracnet.com <(healyzh_at_aracnet.com)>
Date: Wed May 3 18:50:14 2000

> Ok, perhaps a simple question.
>
> Is there anyway, by inspection of the case, to identify whether or not a
> CD-ROM drive will read 512byte records? If not, is there a list of "known"
> models that can?
>
> --Chuck
>

The presense of a 512/2048-byte jumper is a good clue. :^) I think one of the
Sun FAQ's has a list of some of the drives that work. IIRC, I'm using
Toshiba drives on a couple of my Alpha's running OpenVMS.

                        Zane
Received on Wed May 03 2000 - 18:50:14 BST