[comp.sys.mips] WORM disk support

marc@focsys.uucp (Marc H. Morin) (08/01/90)

We are looking to integrate a Write-Once-Read-Multiple (WORM) optical
disk system onto our mips rs2030 and Magnum systems.    We will
be using the disk as archives for our application and are willing
to write the required software for reading/writing data in our
own format by accessing the disk as a raw SCSI device.

What I need to know is,  what if any,  support is available from mips
RISCos 4.10 for WORM drives:

- removable media,  locking/unlocking media in the drive
- issuing specific SCSI commands from application code (we do not
  want to write a device driver)

All help would be appreciated
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Marc H. Morin            --FOCUS SYSTEMS--  Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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