[Info-vax] rx2600 CD/DVD

[SMS]

FrankS wrote:

> The drive being sold by ServerWorlds (eBay item number 200289600031)
> includes the clip that secures the drive in the chassis.  No other
> hardware or connectors were required.

   Mounting would be nice, but not so important as the cable
connection.

> Another C.O.V. user asked me privately about the plain DW-224E.  The
> HP cable apparently is not compatible with the plain jane version.
> You will likely avoid many self-inflicted headaches by just getting
> the HP variant of the drive.

   I assume that there's a cute adapter between the exotic
cable and an ordinary optical drive.  Is that true, or does the
drive itself have an exotic connector?  If there's an adapter,
can you identify the thing?

> N.B. - I have no affiliation with ServerWorlds.  It just so happens
> they have the drives available at what I felt was a reasonable enough
> price.  The one I received works perfectly to the extent I've used it.

   Reasonable enough?  Perhaps, but I have a tough time
justifying investing one-third the cost of the computer in a
DVD drive.  (But I'm well known to be cheap and to have a bad
attitude.)

   Another advantage of the zx2000 is the normal-size IDE hole
and the normal IDE cable.

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