[Info-vax] Installed and working

[Bob Eager]

On Wed, 20 Jul 2011 11:29:02 -0700, Steven Schweda wrote:

> On Jul 20, 12:09 pm, CY <christ... at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> [...]  Now looking
>> for an RD42 or what they are called but one of those I will buy
>> refurbished, so no help from the forum is needed.
> 
>    To use in what?  If you're really looking for an RRD42
> (almost the slowest CD-ROM drive ever made), then I'd say that you need
> help from somewhere.  I'd expect almost any old Toshiba SCSI drive to
> work, and it'd be hard to find one so slow as an RRD42.  I believe that
> an XM3401 (2X?) is the oldest CD-ROM drive I have on any of my old junk.

I've used an IBM drive (actually an XM3401) with success.

Just obtained an unused RRD46 in original packing for the equivalent of 
$15...!
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