rob@cs.aukuni.ac.nz (Rob Burrowes ) (06/11/91)
We have a spare DEC RRD40 CD ROM SCSI drive and I thought it might be nice to have attached to my mac. Has anyone tried this? If you have can you tell me how to go about it? I have tried the straight forward plug it in and hope approach. I can be very optimistic at times. Thanks. Rob -- Rob Burrowes rob@cs.aukuni.ac.nz. System Admin Computer Science Dept., Auckland University, Private Bag, Auckland, New Zealand
blob@Apple.COM (Brian Bechtel) (06/12/91)
rob@cs.aukuni.ac.nz (Rob Burrowes ) writes: >We have a spare DEC RRD40 CD ROM SCSI drive and I thought it might be nice >to have attached to my mac. Has anyone tried this? If you have can you >tell me how to go about it? I have tried the straight forward plug it in >and hope approach. I can be very optimistic at times. >Thanks. There's no way to be certain for any arbitrary CD-ROM drive whether it will work on a Macintosh, but you need a couple of things: 1) a driver 2) a SCSI CD-ROM drive :-) 3) appropriate cabling. The two companies I know of who sell generic CD-ROM drivers for the Macintosh are: Optical Media International 485 Alberto Way Los Gatos, CA 95032 (408) 395-4332 fax: (408) 395-6544 AppleLink: OMI Internet: omi@applelink.apple.com and Trantor Systems 5415 Randall Place Fremont, CA 94538 (415) 770-1400 (415) 770-9910 AppleLink: Trantor Internet: trantor@applelink.apple.com They may be able to help you. --Brian Bechtel blob@apple.com "My opinion, not Apple's"
ajc@thendara.pa.dec.com (AJ Casamento) (06/12/91)
In article <1991Jun11.071101.7380@cs.aukuni.ac.nz> rob@cs.aukuni.ac.nz (Rob Burrowes ) writes: Xref: pa.dec.com comp.sys.mac.system:7311 comp.sys.dec:6233 comp.sys.mac.hardware:12059 Path: pa.dec.com!decwrl!waikato.ac.nz!aukuni.ac.nz!cs18.cs.aukuni.ac.nz!rob Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system,comp.sys.dec,comp.sys.mac.hardware From: rob@cs.aukuni.ac.nz (Rob Burrowes ) Date: Tue, 11 Jun 1991 07:11:01 GMT Organization: Computer Science Dept. University of Auckland Keywords: DEC RRD40 CD CDROM Summary: Has anyone used a DEC RRD40 CD ROM drive on a MAC? Lines: 13 >> We have a spare DEC RRD40 CD ROM SCSI drive and I thought it might be nice >> to have attached to my mac. Has anyone tried this? No. >> If you have can you tell me how to go about it? One of the primary problems you are going to see is that virtually all of our SCSI devices are SCSI 2 compatible. This means that they can do things like make requests to run synchronous which the MAC SCSI implementation probably won't cope with (ask your Apple folks). If I recall correctly, Apple started with a working version of the SCSI protocol that was previous to any defined interface. If my memory serves (and it may be off a little, please check with your local Apple folks) there are specific SCSI devices for Apple SCSI. >> I have tried the straight forward plug it in and hope approach. I can be >> very optimistic at times. Nothing wrong with optimisim. Nothing ventured, nothing gained. >> Thanks. >> Rob You're welcome. I'm sorry that I couldn't provide more specific help. There are SCSI guides available on gatekeeper in /pub/TriAdd if you want to grab them on anonymous ftp. -- >> Rob Burrowes rob@cs.aukuni.ac.nz. >> System Admin Computer Science Dept., Auckland University, Private Bag, >> Auckland, New Zealand Thanx, AJ ********************************************************************** * AJ Casamento "The question is not whether or * * Digital's TRI/ADD Program not the opinions are mine; but * * 100 Hamilton Ave. UCO1-B rather, which of my personalities * * Palo Alto, CA 94301-1616 do they belong to?" * * 415.853.6744 * * ajc@decwrl.dec.com * **********************************************************************
ajc@thendara.pa.dec.com (AJ Casamento) (06/13/91)
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
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* AJ Casamento "The question is not whether or *
* Digital's TRI/ADD Program not the opinions are mine; but *
* 100 Hamilton Ave. UCO1-B rather, which of my personalities *
* Palo Alto, CA 94301-1616 do they belong to?" *
* 415.853.6744 *
* ajc@decwrl.dec.com *
**********************************************************************Jim_Holt@aprdlgtr.sps.mot.com (Jim Holt) (06/14/91)
In article <1991Jun11.071101.7380@cs.aukuni.ac.nz>, rob@cs.aukuni.ac.nz (Rob Burrowes ) writes: > > We have a spare DEC RRD40 CD ROM SCSI drive and I thought it might be nice > to have attached to my mac. Has anyone tried this? We have tried the other way around : that is hooking an Apple CD drive up to a Decserver (for the Bookreader). This didn't work at all ... -jh
dinapoli@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Ron DiNapoli) (06/20/91)
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. > > ********************************************************************** > * AJ Casamento "The question is not whether or * > * Digital's TRI/ADD Program not the opinions are mine; but * > * 100 Hamilton Ave. UCO1-B rather, which of my personalities * > * Palo Alto, CA 94301-1616 do they belong to?" * > * 415.853.6744 * > * ajc@decwrl.dec.com * > ********************************************************************** Ron D.
ajc@thendara.pa.dec.com (AJ Casamento) (06/21/91)
>> In article <1991Jun20.110210.17250@rodan.acs.syr.edu> dinapoli@rodan. >> acs.syr.edu (Ron DiNapoli) writes: >> 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. >> Ron D. Folks, My apologies again. I've slipped into a time warp around here lately and I'm extremely late in getting my post completed. I've had a lot of requests for the "long news" so: Optical Access International 800 West Cummings Park Suite 2050 617.937.3910 Woburn, MA 01801 617.937.3950 FAX As usual, I can't make any guarantees about how well this driver works (although I've seen a number of notes from happy customers). I hope that this information helps and my apologies again for taking so long to complete the information (if only there were two of me...now where did I put that cloning machine...). Thanx, AJ ********************************************************************** * AJ Casamento "The question is not whether or * * Digital's TRI/ADD Program not the opinions are mine; but * * 100 Hamilton Ave. UCO1-B rather, which of my personalities * * Palo Alto, CA 94301-1616 do they belong to?" * * 415.853.6744 * * ajc@decwrl.dec.com * **********************************************************************