[Info-vax] rx2600 CD/DVD

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On Sun, 25 Jan 2009 20:36:22 -0800 (PST), kczwei <kaycee at kaycee.net>
wrote:

>On Jan 14, 6:04 am, FrankS <sapie... at noesys.com> wrote:
>> On Jan 14, 2:20 am, "Richard Maher" <maher... at hotspamnotmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > How did you get on with that? I think I found the one you're talking about
>> > at a store called Serverworlds, but there were a lot more hits for plain old
>> > "Teac DW-224E" on Ebay. How much do the mountings, dimensions and connectors
>> > and VMS support vary for these things? (Didn't have much luck chasing down
>> > your A6986-numbers.)
>>
>> 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.
>
>hmmm.... I ordered one of the above from ServerWorlds on ebay.  their
>listing said it included the clip and was made for rx2600.
>It DID NOT include the clip, AND it needs the cable converter
>discussed elsewhere in this thread.
>I'm NOT HAPPY.

I ordered from 'serverworlds', circa 6-DEC-2008, and the CDRW/DVD's
delivered were the ones described above  (funky connector, and clip). 
 Item #: 380082536594
 Item Title: HP Slimline CDRW/DVD Combo A6986-62001 A6986-64001

You might push back, and see if you can exchange yours. 



If you have other VMS systems nearby, you might be able to
use the VMS-based infoserver in the meantime.  (which what I did)