[Info-vax] rx2600 CD/DVD

[glen herrmannsfeldt]

SMS <sms.antinode at gmail.com> wrote:
(snip regarding RX2600 internal drives)
 
>   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?

I had my RX2600 (with drive, without managment card) open once,
and as far as I remember it was part of the drive with no adaptor.
(snip) 
 
>   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.)

Wouldn't an ordinary SCSI drive work on the SCSI bus?

Well, SCSI CD-RW drives are easy to find, DVD-RW drives
may be harder to find.  

-- glen