RRD50 CD-ROM reader doc and cable spec needed

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From: Steve Dyer
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 1989 21:57

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I just layed my hands on a used DEC RRD50 "CD Reader" CD-ROM
reader, sans documentation.  I had thought that such a device
from DEC had a SCSI interface, but this box has a 15-pin male
plug which looks for all the world like an ethernet thick-wire
transceiver port (which I'm sure it's not!)  It also has a row
of 8 DIP switches.

If anyone can tell me how this usually hooks up to a SCSI device
(or ANY device), as well as the meaning of the DIP switches, I'd
be most appreciative.

/Steve
-- 
Steve Dyer
dyer@ursa-major.spdcc.com aka {ima,harvard,rayssd,linus,m2c}!spdcc!dyer
dyer@arktouros.mit.edu

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From: dyer@spdcc.COM (Steve Dyer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec,comp.periphs
Subject: RRD50 CD-ROM reader doc and cable spec  needed
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Date: 11 Aug 89 21:57:29 GMT
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Organization: S.P. Dyer Computer Consulting, Cambridge MA
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