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From: tt@thor.acc.Virginia.EDU (Tang Tang)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: Re: Are CD ROM drives interchangeable?
Message-ID: <1990Dec21.191837.5048@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
Date: 21 Dec 90 19:18:37 GMT
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In article <1615@news.chips.com> chuckl@chips.com (Chuck Linsley) writes:

  >In article <283400020@adaptx1> neese@adaptx1.UUCP writes:
  >>
  >>>/* ---------- "Are CD ROM drives interchangeable?" ---------- */
  >>So far as I know, Sony is the only one who has released a CD-ROM based
  >>on the SCSI-2 spec.
  >>
  >
  >Sony _claims_ SCSI-2 compliance, but it ain't necessarily so.  The
  >drive we have has some interesting non-compliant "features."  For
  >example, it ignores SDTR messages.  It doesn't reject them, it just
  >ignores them.
  >

  Which sony drive are we talking about?  I just bought a sony drive from
DAK, model CDU-6201.  It has a miniature 40 pins centronics connector.
Does anyone know whether this is a SCSI drive.  If so, what would you need
to get it to work with a Mac?  Where can I get a copy of the technical
manual for the above drive.

Thanks in advance,
Tang Tang
Academic Computing Center, University of Virginia.