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From: root@shuksan.UUCP (Operator <often mikey>)
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Subject: Re: compac laser disc for UNIX system
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Date: Fri, 21-Nov-86 15:22:30 EST
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> 
> Does anyone know of a laser disc WORM (write-once-read-many)
> that works on a UNIX sys (especially the IBM-RT or SUN-2)...
> 
> All the ones I've seen advertised so far are for VAX/VMS...
> 
> Thanks in advance
> Brian Boyter
> boyter@ngp.utexas.edu
> ut-ngp!boyter

We have been using an Optimem WORM 1Gb optical disk for some time.
The drivers are available from SUN ($2k?) and it simply rides on the
SCSI bus.  We use it for storing map data for our workstations (we are
an R & D bunch working on command and control stuff ).  While there
have been some problems, generally, it seems to work fine.  We are 
currently running on a sun 2/160 however, we plan to run on our 3/160
as well as our new 3/280 system.

			     Mikey (yes "he likes it!")

My job is so secret even I don't know what I'm doing

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