Subject: RE: dumb non-NetBSD question about RRD40
To: Gunnar Helliesen <gunnar@bitcon.no>
From: Paul Apprich <psapp@terra.cnct.com>
List: port-vax
Date: 11/29/1996 08:18:00
On Fri, 29 Nov 1996, Gunnar Helliesen wrote:
> Dave,
>
> Yes it does. It's a special caddy and I've never seen any other player
> that uses the same.
>
> Gunnar
>
> --
> Gunnar Helliesen | Bergen IT Consult AS | NetBSD/VAX on a uVAX II
> Systems Consultant | Bergen, Norway | '86 Jaguar Sovereign 4.2
> gunnar@bitcon.no | http://www.bitcon.no/ | '73 Mercedes 280 (240D)
>
>
> >----------
> >From: Dave McGuire[SMTP:mcguire@neurotica.com]
> >Sent: 28. november 1996 23:58
> >To: port-vax@NetBSD.ORG
> >Subject: dumb non-NetBSD question about RRD40
> >
> >Folks,
> > Hey. I'ms ure someone here knows about this. I've never actually
> >used (or seen) an RRD40 cdrom drive...but now I have one. I can't
> >figure out how to put a disk in the darned thing, though. Does it use
> >a really thin caddy of some sort, or something like that?
> >
Yes it does. The unit is an LMSI (Philips) CM201. This unit has an LMSI
to SCSI interface. See if you can get the caddy from a Philips
distributor or DEC.
psapp@cnct.com