[Info-vax] Need CD-ROM drive for DS10

[John E. Malmberg]

tadamsmar wrote:
> I am running VMS 7.3-2
> 
> The CD drive on one of my DS10s has spit out a broken belt.   (It is
> located in a building with one-pass ventilation so we have a high
> level of ozone.)
> 
> I need a replacement drive or belt.
> 
> The drive is a CRD-8402B.  I can find that used, but it will have an
> old belt too.
> 
> But can I just buy a new drive and install it.  I wonder about if I
> will need a driver.

It will either work with the current driver or it will not.  I am not 
aware of any alternative drivers.

I had bad experience with burning CD-ROMs on an IDE CDROM so I would not 
bother putting a CD-RW drive in.

-John
wb8tyw at qsl.network
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