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In article <1992Feb1.195630.1342@vax1.umkc.edu>, mcdonald@vax1.umkc.edu writes:
> Greetings,
> 
>   We are considering the purchase of an Infoserver 150 and the question
> came up as to whether or not a user on our VAX running VMS 5.4 could
> access RRD42's containing CDROMS with High Sierra or ISO 9660 formats.
> 
>   Local DEC have this under research and know of some hardware additions
> which could accomplish this.  I realize that a *lot* of the software
> for a great many applications are DOS specific, but it
> seems like if there is/was a driver that could deliver the data to
> the VAX, some enterprising individuals might be able to mimic them.

The info I have is as follows:

/From: "Don Katz, Genetics Computer Group" <dkatz@com.gcg>
/
/
/  That ISO9660 CD-ROM driver is available from DEC, part number YT-GS001-01, 
/Description: VFS-ISO9660, CDROM CAL264-47085. Our cost was $275 +
/taxes. We purchased it through our regular digital rep. 
/
/As I said, it reputedly allows transparent access of ISO9660 CD-ROM's,
/you see the CD-ROM like any other VMS disk, with a hierarchical
/directory structure, and can use COPY, TYPE, SET DEFAULT, etc.
/
/Don
/

I have apparently tracked down the same product for the UK, though pricing has 
yet to be decided. It is supposed to reach VMS in a 'future release' though 
I guess this means later than 5.5 now.

The next question is how it will interface with SoftPC...... Anyone know?

There is also software on the WKUVX1 file server, though I have yet to get 
this near the iso-9660 CD's. (next week, next week....)

Finally there is Peter Stockwell's CD_ACCESS, but this is a real heavy on cpu 
and can only read the top level of directories on the CD. 

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regards,   jasper


Jasper Rees
Oxford University
jrees@vax.oxford.ac.uk