[Info-vax] MicroVAX 3100-30 - won't boot...

[Bob Eager]

On Sat, 02 Jan 2010 10:47:16 +0100, Michael Kraemer wrote:

>> The old RRD drives weren't built to support CD-R media and they are
>> known not to accept CD-R media.
> 
> Seems to depend.
> I have seen DECstations boot from CD-R in a RRD40, whereas VAXstations
> reported lots of errors with the same drive.
> 
>> The CD-R drives instead are built to be fast rather than accurate. The
>> latest RRD drives (like the RRD46) do accept CD-R media better. If you
>> find one on Ebay, go for it. They should be affordable.
> 
> I haven't seen one in the past two or three years. And I guess they
> won't be cheap.

I have an RRD-40, but I also have an original IBM PS/2 'CDROM I' drive. 
That uses the later Sony caddies, and has worked on a MicroVAX II and a 
couple of different VAXStations. Probably because it's actually a Toshiba 
drive.

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