Problem I've run into is that the older vax'es don't play well with many
non-Dec CD-ROM drives due to a firmware issue and I've had to go out and
hunt a real DEC cd-rom.... the Alpha's are far more flexible and play
well with more common parts.
Certain Toshiba cd-roms and vaxes get along nicely, I had an older NEC
multispin work on a Microvax II at one point if I recall.... DVD's
would only be viewed as cd-roms if you could get them to be accessible
at all.... if you've got a nice supply of drives to tinker with, its
worth doing some trial and error research.
Curt
Curt
Fred N. van Kempen wrote:
>Hi All,
>
>Just a thought. Did anyone ever try to connect DVD drives,
>or CDROM changers, to VAX-class machines, such as 3100's or
>InfoServers?
>
>I *would* assume InfoServer cant handle the DVD data format,
>although newer VMS systems might. How do they deal with
>multiple-LUN devices such as changers?
>
>Cheers,
> Fred
>
>
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