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From: Eberhard Heuser-Hofmann <vaxinf@chclu.chemie.uni-konstanz.de>
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: cdwrite for OpenVMS update (Yamaha 400 support) & some remarks
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Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 23:38:05 CET
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                                                Konstanz, 28.1.1998
After two weeks of hard work I want to release a new version of my
cdwriter-program CDWRITE14_VMS. 

Two parts are new: a version that works on a VAXstation 2000
(Thanks to W.J.Moeller) + support of the Yamaha CDR400 drive.
The program has been tested on a DEC-(now DEQ?)-3000-300-Alpha-Machine
OpenVMS 7.1/scsi02-patch. A writing speed of four works without
problems.

In order to produce an executable for a specific drive one must define
an adequate parameter.
 "CDD2000=1" , "CDD2600=1" , "HP4020=1" , "HP6020=1" , "CDR100=1" , "CDR400=1"
are valid definitions for the compilation:

$ cc/prefix=all/define=("CDR400=1") cdwrite14_vms.c
$ link cdwrite14_vms.obj
as an example.

You'll find the rest of how to setup the program in the small readme-
file.

The sources are downloadable from ftp://v36.chemie.uni-konstanz.de/cdwrite.

Some remarks:
If you want to get a support of other drives than mentioned above, I'm
willing to help. There is a good chance for all SCSI-drives that are
supported by the excellent written cdrecord-program provided by 
Joerg Schilling.

So I see two possibilities for that task:
1.) Get the cdrecord-program and run it on a SUN/SGI/LINUX-system. If
    you modify the code slightly you'll get all data I need - reverse
    engineering.
2.) Send the drive to me if you accept all the risc that is involved
    into such a procedure.

If you have further questions, please let me know.

Eberhard
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Dr. Eberhard Heuser-Hofmann
Univ. Konstanz
Fakultaet fuer Chemie
Universitaets-Strasse 10
D-78464 Konstanz
Germany
Phone: +49-7531-88-2026, FAX: +49-7531-88-3139
email: vaxinf@chclu.chemie.uni-konstanz.de

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