[Info-vax] rx2600s on eBay

[glen herrmannsfeldt]

Rich Jordan <jordan at ccs4vms.com> wrote:
 
> I wonder if you could use a recent IDE model with an ACARD IDE bridge
> to do the job.   I have a Yamaha "SCSI" CDRW (the F1 model) that is an
> IDE drive with a Yamaha supplied SCSI bridge board in my PWS-600au
> that has worked fine, so maybe its a feasible solution for DVD writing
> as well.

It is my understanding (man cdrecord on linux) that IDE CD/DVD
writers use SCSI commands over the IDE bus.  That would
suggest that the conversion should be easy to do.
  
> If you search fleabay for SCSI DVD* there are a number of less
> expensive DVD readers listed; as long as the Itanic is able to boot
> DVD media on the SCSI bus thats probably the cheapest solution.

-- glen