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From: dinapoli@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Ron DiNapoli)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system,comp.sys.dec,comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Has anyone used a DEC RRD40 CD ROM drive on a MAC?
Message-ID: <1991Jun20.110210.17250@rodan.acs.syr.edu>
Date: 20 Jun 91 11:02:10 GMT
References: <1991Jun11.071101.7380@cs.aukuni.ac.nz> <AJC.91Jun12102609@thendara.pa.dec.com> <AJC.91Jun13074101@thendara.pa.dec.com>
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In article <AJC.91Jun13074101@thendara.pa.dec.com> ajc@thendara.pa.dec.com (AJ Casamento) writes:
>
>
>	Folks,
>
>	  My apologies to Rob Burrowes for missing a lead on how to get
>	an RRD40 CD-ROM running on a MAC. And, my thanks to Joe Craparotta
>	out of DEC Long Island for pointers to the solution. 
>
>	  The short news is that it is feasible to put an RRD40 onto a
>	MAC and get it running.
>
>				Thanx,
>				  AJ
>

It is indeed possible to use a DEC RRD40 with a Mac, as long as you get the 
proper driver.  There is a company in Woburn, Mass., that sells such a driver
for about $50.  Well worth the investment, if you happen to have an RRD40 
around.  If anyone is interested, I could give them the name and number of
the company that sells the driver.  I don't remember it off the top of my head,
though.

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Ron D.