[comp.periphs] RRD50 CD-ROM reader doc and cable spec needed

dyer@spdcc.COM (Steve Dyer) (08/12/89)

I just layed my hands on a used DEC RRD50 "CD Reader" CD-ROM
reader, sans documentation.  I had thought that such a device
from DEC had a SCSI interface, but this box has a 15-pin male
plug which looks for all the world like an ethernet thick-wire
transceiver port (which I'm sure it's not!)  It also has a row
of 8 DIP switches.

If anyone can tell me how this usually hooks up to a SCSI device
(or ANY device), as well as the meaning of the DIP switches, I'd
be most appreciative.

/Steve
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Steve Dyer
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dyer@arktouros.mit.edu

dyer@spdcc.COM (Steve Dyer) (08/14/89)

Thanks to everyone who wrote with suggestions.  The RRD40 is the SCSI
followon CD-ROM reader from DEC.  The RRD50 uses a separate Q-bus or
PC bus controller.

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Steve Dyer
dyer@ursa-major.spdcc.com aka {ima,harvard,rayssd,linus,m2c}!spdcc!dyer
dyer@arktouros.mit.edu