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From: eric@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Eric Fielding)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec,comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: CD-ROM readers on DECstation
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Date: 8 Mar 90 14:53:47 GMT
Reply-To: eric@geology.tn.cornell.edu
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We have a CD-ROM reader attached to a IBM PC-AT via a SCSI board.  I have
been wondering if it would be possible to connect it to our DECstation 3100.  I
assume that we just need to get the right cable and check for the right SCSI
termination (since we also have a Maxtor 8760S on the DECstation).  The main
question is what kind of software is needed.  Presumably there is a low-level
driver (perhaps the "generic SCSI driver of Ultrix 3.1?", but then is there
also a higher-level program needed?  We have lots of CD-ROMs now that are
readable under DOS (I think this means the so-called "High Sierra" format),
what do these look like to an U*ix machine?

				++ERic Fielding
eric@geology.tn.cornell.edu
eric@crnlthry.bitnet