Plextor also makes drives that work - modern, fast ones, at that. My
ultraplex 40 wide is listed in the manual as VMS compatible.
>
> > > 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
> >
> >
>
> The Teac's I've got work (on Suns) as do some Sony drives.
> They should also work on VMS... I"m going to dig out the VS3100 this
> weekend to load it. Just got a DEC DSP3105 drive.
>
> Bill
>
> --
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> | Linux: Where do you want to go tomorrow?
> | BSD: Are you guys coming, or what?
>
--
Jim Strickland
jim_at_DIESPAMMERSCUMcalico.litterbox.com
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