DEC Infoserver 100/150

From: ajp166 <ajp166_at_bellatlantic.net>
Date: Fri Apr 20 23:41:59 2001

From: Eric Dittman <dittman_at_dittman.net>


>> These things are from the days when CD drives were expensive,
basically.
>> You could put any external scsi device on them (I think even tape
drives)
>> but we used them for CDROM distribution at the university where I
dealt with
>> them.
>
>Not just because CD drives were expensive, but also because
>for certain VMS systems there just wasn't an easy way to
>hook up a CD drive (depending on the bus and storage options).


True but the first reason given is the one that was DEC designed. At the
time
the Infoserver was flown a Cdreader was 1200-1800$ for a 1x! and it was
thought
a group could effectively share a library of them. In the late 80s early
ninties
that was very true.

Allison
Received on Fri Apr 20 2001 - 23:41:59 BST