I'm using a Toshiba and works great. Tried several sanyos, and even
a Cdburner (scsi) all worked.
Allison
-----Original Message-----
From: THETechnoid_at_home.com <THETechnoid_at_home.com>
To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Date: Sunday, January 21, 2001 11:17 AM
Subject: Re: CD-ROM drive for VAXstation 3100 Model 76
>I tried several drives from different makers. All were 512byte
jumperable
>and would boot backup from the cd, but when you try to perform the
>restore, the system bombs.
>
>After about a week of diddling, I went and got an RRD40. Slower than
>molassis in January, but it works and the others didn't.
>
>Regards,
>
>Jeff
>
>P.S. From experience, you don't NEED a caddy for an RRD40. I don't
have
>one either. I just opened the drive and replaced the disk already
inside
>it with my VMS install cd. You need at least the horseshoe part of the
>caddy, but not the whole thing.
>
>
>Regards,
>
>Jeff
>
>In <20010119.235201.307.0.william.webb_at_juno.com>, on 01/21/01
> at 11:01 AM, William W Webb <william.webb_at_juno.com> said:
>
>>Fred, do a search for RRD40/42/43. These are the original DEC CD-ROM
>>drives that I absolutely positively know will work with these boxes-
they
>>are jumperable to do 512 or 2048 byte sectors. (VMS requires drives
that
>>do 512.)
>
>>RRD40s are really old and need a caddy.
>
>>You might be interested to know that I've got the Owner's Guide for the
>>VAXstation 3100 Model 76 online at:
>
>>http://www.whiteice.com/~williamwebb/intro/DOC-i.html
>
>>I'm considering doing the VAXstation 4000 VLC manual next, but only if
>>there's a demand for it since that much HTML pretty much by hand is a
>>real bitch.
>
>>William W. Webb
>
>>I don't know if it's outside of the scope of this mailing list to talk
>>about things for sale, but I've got hold of some old 64 x 64 bit core
>>frames that would look really nice in a shadowbox or under glass as a
>>desktop doodad.
>>Mfr. Lockheed Electronics Corp.
>
>>I can also lay my hands on a 4K module (9 frames with diode arrray
>>connector cards)
>
>>If anybody's interested, drop me an email and we'll talk about price.
>
>>Apologies in advance if I've transgressed.
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