Subject: Re: I'm looking for a Digital RRDxx CD ROM (near BELGIUM). (+VAX 6000-6xx cards to trade). From: sms@antinode.org Date: Fri, 08 Nov 2002 18:53:45 -0600 (CST) Newsgroups: comp.os.vms From: "T.R." > Interesting! As I'm also investigating this subject, any reports from people > getting non DEC (toshiba?) CD drives working are welcome! I have a Panasonic ("Disk ALP$DKA400:, device type MATSHITA CD-ROM CR-508") in my VMS V7.2-1 AlpSta 200 4/233. In the Toshiba TXM3401E1 (and, I believe in the similar 3301) there is a pair of non-jumpers (easy-cut traces on the board, with big pads for a solder blob to re-close) near the SCSI ID selection header, at least one of which sets the block size to 512 bytes. I always cut them both for use on my VAXsta 3100 model 38. (A Web search for "Toshiba" near "Sun-bootable" should turn up more details, as old SPARCstations also had the 512-byte block requirement.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Steven M. Schweda (+1) 651-699-9818 (voice, home) 382 South Warwick Street sms@antinode.org Saint Paul MN 55105-2547