Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!mcgill-vision!thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu!nick From: nick@damrod.McRCIM.McGill.EDU (Nicola Fumai) Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc Subject: Re: Connecting OS2 to a) NFS and b) CDROMs Message-ID: <1990Nov1.142447.4295@thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu> Date: 1 Nov 90 14:24:47 GMT References: <2254@io.UUCP> Sender: news@thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu (Netnews owner) Organization: McGill Research Centre for Intelligent Machines Lines: 39 Nntp-Posting-Host: damrod.mcrcim.mcgill.edu In article <2254@io.UUCP> jar@io.UUCP (Jim Roskind x5570) writes: > > >and, ... question 2.... > >Is there any way to hook up a CDROM to an OS/2 system? Note that the >Microsoft CDROM extensions are DOS only, and most CDROM vendors don't >even mention OS2. It seems to me that now that some PS/2s (re: IBM >PS2-80 A31) are using a SCSI to access their hard disks, that it >shouldn't be all that hard to get a SCSI CDROM connected into an OS2 >system.... but so much for logic. > Well we have a CD-ROM hooked up to a PS/2 model 80 running OS/2 1.2 EE. Actually, the CD-ROM is sitting on a SCSI bus, with the SCSI bus controller sitting on the Mico-Channel bus inside the PS/2. OS/2 mounts the CD-ROM using a CDFS (CDROM File System) driver. It's actually pretty cool...now if we could only figure out if there are any worthwhile CD-ROM disks out there. (Any suggestions?) The SCSI bus controller and CD-ROM external drive are both from Micro-Design International. Their SCSI products are supplied with a multitude of drivers for various systems (SCO XENIX/UNIX, Novell, Mac, AIX, DOS). Their product support personnel is ok too. Micro Design International 6985 University Blvd. Winter Park, FL 32792 (407) 677-8333 FAX: (407) 677-8365 BTW, I'm not affiliated with these guys in any way. Just a satisfied customer. nick ------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Nicola Fumai (nick@mcrcim.mcgill.edu) McGill Research Center for Intelligent Machines (MCRCIM) McGill University, Montreal, Canada