Tothwolf wrote:
>
> On Thu, 5 Jun 2003, David Woyciesjes wrote:
>
> > Just grabbed these out of a trash pile here in the hallways of the Yale
> > School of Med...
>
> > - IPC Peripherals MCD-1040 4X 7 disc CD changer library.
> >
> > I grabbed the books, figuring someone here would want them. As for the
> > CD changer, does anyone know/have about special drivers for the beastie,
> > or should work as a standard SCSI CD drive?
>
> I'm not familiar with that exact model of cdrom changer, but I have a
> number of NEC and Pioneer units. All of the SCSI cdrom changers I've used
> have a device id for the drive itself, and a lun for each of the discs.
> Most OS have no trouble assigning each lun as a drive, but it can get
> tricky under DOS, depending on the host adapter's software. The changer
> should automatically switch discs as you access the different luns.
>
> What does the unit look like? My NEC changers have a row of 7 buttons
> across the front for loading each of the 7 discs, while my Pioneer drives
> use a 6 disc magazine. (I'm always happy to give other Pioneer changers a
> home too, if anyone here needs to get rid of any.) One thing about the
> Pioneer drives and their magazine, is that if you ever need to ship or
> transport those units, you *must* remove the magazine. If you don't, one
> of the 6 shelves will swing out and damage the pickup. I've got a couple
> drives with that kind of damage currently waiting for me to make time to
> repair them.
>
> -Toth
Yeah, I have an NEC (?) internal IDE 4 disc changer. Pretty neat...
Well, the whole thing itself is about 4"Hx7"Wx13"D... Across the top of
the face is the headphone jack, volume knob, 7 buttons in a row (for
each disc) then the status light. Below that is the tray to load the
discs. And the tray is wider than your standard CD tray...
With this faceplate on it, my only choice is to keep it as an external
drive.
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--- Dave Woyciesjes
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Received on Thu Jun 05 2003 - 16:12:00 BST