[Info-vax] old hobby cdrom

[nierveze]

hello all
yes you are right ,I made other tests,
I replaced the internal rrd45 of my vax4000/100
(this internal rrd45 is alredy a replacement of the
originallly internal rrd42 that was broken ,not even recognized by the
console ) .I used an external rrd42 ,and it reads the cdrom...well I must
conclude that I have a very bad luck,the original rrd42 broke after 20 years
or so of use,I replaced it
by a rrd45 ,that does not work well enought (it is recognised by the
console,and vms ,mounts some cdroms ,not others ,send dozens of errors...
I have contacted the seller of the rrd45 ,he promised me one in good
condition.
So friends  do not do the copy...thanks very much.
For those who do not know it ,on this cdrom
issued in 1997,there is vms5.4,5.5,6.0,6.1,decwindows ,lots of tools,bliss,
games for vt terminals ,decwindows games examples of dcl programs
etc.....very interesting,really it would be good to make it available ,but
also as separate files not only a global iso image for people (like me ,but
sure I am not alone) who cannot download big volumes.
Thanks to all for your kind and prompt help .
best regards alain nierveze
----- Original Message -----
From: "ChrisQ" <meru at devnull.com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
To: <info-vax at rbnsn.com>
Sent: vendredi 2 octobre 2009 00:08
Subject: Re: [Info-vax] old hobby cdrom


> nierveze wrote:
> > hello all, my old 1997 hobbyist cdrom is degraded and does not mount
> > anymore,I use it often (since 12 years) for lots of utilities and games
> > present on it ,and no longer present on the following hobby cdroms.Of
course
> > I cleaned it ,even tried to copy it on a pc ,I already did this to
restore
> > cdroms used by my children ,that where in bad shape after some
> > 'party'!!etc...nothing to do .Please ,if someone
> > can make a copy for me ,it will be a geat help.
>
> Might be on the wrong foot here, but are you sure it's not the reader.
> The lasers get weak as drives age and if the disk is also marginal ?.
> What happens if you put the disk in a pc, assuming the format is in some
> way readable ?...
>
> Regards,
>
> Chris
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