On 2001-04-24 classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org said to kees.stravers_at_iae.nl
>You can bet there's a collector who is trying to get one of every
>model of DEC storage device or something who will want an RRD40.
>-tony
I have one and I am very happy with it. Why people are talking bad about
it I can't understand. Sure it isn't fast and has a strange caddy, but
it is _very_ reliable IMHO. Once the disk is in, you won't get any read
errors or timeouts or some such. I have installed operating systems on
several VAXstation 3100s with other SCSI drives and with the RRD40, but
while with other old non-DEC SCSI drives I sooner or later always got read
errors or timeouts, installing with my RRD40 always worked first time
without problems.
And don't forget it is one of the very first CDROM drives ever. DEC was a
very early adopter of the CDROM technology developed by Philips. The CDROM
mechanism inside the RRD40 is the first 5.25 form factor drive made. The
caddy system was used because of that form, the box was too full to add
a motorized drawer. The first drive after it that had a drawer instead
of the caddy did not have a motor, you had to pull out the drawer by hand.
Please cut the RRD40 a little slack. It is amazing it still works today,
even when connected to modern controllers.
Kees.
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