CD-RW on a VMS system

From: Zane H. Healy <healyzh_at_aracnet.com>
Date: Sun Mar 10 13:09:43 2002

>VMS 5.5-2 (will hopefully upgrade to latest version
>when get CD-ROM such as 'Toshiba XM-6401B'.)
>
>So if I add a 'Plextor PlexWriter (SCSI) and use:
>
>CDRECORD
>LD062
>
>... will I have a way to backup data onto CD-R's?
>How about 'performance'? I am thinking it will be
>slow, but how slow?
>
>--
>Bill
>Amsterdam, NL

The biggest potential problem I see is VMS 5.5-2 as the newer versions of
VMS seem to support non-DEC devices a lot better. Will CDRECORD and LD
even support V5.5-2? As for how slow, I'm afriad I don't know.

                Zane

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