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From: WTR@ceres.physics.uiowa.edu (SYSWTR@IOWASP.PHYSICS.UIOWA.EDU)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms,comp.sys.dec
Subject: Re: multiple RRD40 CD-ROM readers on VS3100 and PCs.
Message-ID: <5023@ceres.physics.uiowa.edu>
Date: 12 Jul 89 13:32:06 GMT
References: <789@ceres.physics.uiowa.edu> <40@gp.govt.nz>
Organization: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Iowa
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>> In article <789@ceres.physics.uiowa.edu>, LJG@ceres.physics.uiowa.edu (Larry Granroth 319/335-1960) writes:
>> We want to buy a VAXstation 3100 configuration and hang 4-6 RRD40
>> CD-ROM readers on it.
>>
>In article <40@gp.govt.nz>, GPWXIMC@gp.govt.nz (Ian Calhaem) writes:
> I have a different question, but for the same reasons (I suspect).
> 	Is it possible to use a DOS based PC running PCSA to allow the
> 	PC's CDROM reader to be used with VAX formated CDROMs ?
>
  Yes we have tried this without much success.  MSDOS does not have
the equivalent of RMS, so most of what would be accessible from a CDROM
under MSDOS usually is not very readable from the VAX when using
a PC based FAL...