[Info-vax] Compatible DVDs

[Steven Schweda]

John Santos wrote:
> In case anyone has never noticed, the HP web site is
> "Hopelessly Pathetic".
> [...]
> This page had a feedback form at the bottom of it, which I
> tried to use, but when I clicked "submit", it came back with
> a page not found.

   I haven't gotten a real response from an HP Web feedback
form for months.  And that was Tru64-related.  I assume that
all the people who cared are long gone.

> The helpful (non-HP?) people who brought us CDRECORD probably
> know just what kind of media work best with the VMS drive,
> but does anyone know for the different (and probably incompatible)
> Proliant drive?

   I know nothing, except, perhaps, how to ask the drive:

alp $ cdrecord dev=cdr -prcap
Cdrecord-ProDVD-ProBD-Clone 2.01.01a55 (Alpha-HP-VMS/OpenVMS)
 Copyright (C) 1995-2008 Jörg Schilling
cdrecord: Fifo not supported.
scsidev: 'cdr'
devname: 'cdr'
scsibus: -2 target: -2 lun: -2
Physical device name: _ALP$DKB500:
Using libscg version 'schily-0.9'.
cdrecord: Warning: using unofficial libscg transport code
 version (SMS-scsi-vms.c-1.34+SMS '@(#)scsi-vms.c      1.34
 06/11/26 Copyright 1997 J. Schilling').
Device type    : Removable CD-ROM
Version        : 2
Response Format: 2
Capabilities   : SYNC
Vendor_info    : 'YAMAHA  '
Identifikation : 'CRW2100S        '
Revision       : '1.0K'
Device seems to be: Generic mmc CD-RW.

Drive capabilities, per MMC-2 page 2A:

  Does read CD-R media
  Does write CD-R media
  Does read CD-RW media
  Does write CD-RW media
  Does not read DVD-ROM media
  Does not read DVD-R media
  Does not write DVD-R media
  Does not read DVD-RAM media
  Does not write DVD-RAM media
  Does support test writing

[...]

Supported profiles according to MMC-4 feature list:
Current: none
Profile: CD-ROM
Profile: CD-R
Profile: CD-RW

[...]


ALP2 $ cdrecord dev=cd1 -prcap
Cdrecord-ProDVD-ProBD-Clone 2.01.01a51 (Alpha-HP-VMS/OpenVMS)
 Copyright (C) 1995-2008 Jörg Schilling
ALP2$DKA0:[UTILITY]CDRECORD.EXE: Fifo not supported.
scsidev: 'cd1'
devname: 'cd1'
scsibus: -2 target: -2 lun: -2
Physical device name: _ALP2$DQA0:
Using libscg version 'schily-0.9'.
ALP2$DKA0:[UTILITY]CDRECORD.EXE: Warning: using unofficial
 libscg transport code version (SMS-scsi-vms.c-1.34+SMS
 '@(#)scsi-vms.c       1.34 06/11/26 Copyright 1997 J.
 Schilling').
Device type    : Removable CD-ROM
Version        : 0
Response Format: 2
Capabilities   :
Vendor_info    : 'SONY    '
Identifikation : 'DVD RW AW-Q170A '
Revision       : '1.73'
Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD-R/DVD-RW/DVD-RAM.

Drive capabilities, per MMC-3 page 2A:

  Does read CD-R media
  Does write CD-R media
  Does read CD-RW media
  Does write CD-RW media
  Does read DVD-ROM media
  Does read DVD-R media
  Does write DVD-R media
  Does not read DVD-RAM media
  Does not write DVD-RAM media
  Does support test writing

[...]

Supported profiles according to MMC-4 feature list:
Current: none
Profile: DVD+R/DL
Profile: DVD+R
Profile: DVD+RW
Profile: DVD-R/DL layer jump recording
Profile: DVD-R/DL sequential recording
Profile: DVD-RW sequential recording
Profile: DVD-RW restricted overwrite
Profile: DVD-R sequential recording
Profile: DVD-ROM
Profile: CD-RW
Profile: CD-R
Profile: CD-ROM

[...]


   Cdrecord is available for many host system types.

   It might pay to look at the actual drives to see if they
have real, non-HP model information.  SYS$ETC:SCSI_INFO.EXE,
or something similar on another system type might offer some
clues to the actual drive identities.  I buy only cheap junk,
so I know little-to-nothing about supported HP hardware.