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In <Bxrv7x.M9E.2@cs.cmu.edu> rane+@cs.cmu.edu (Aaron Hughes) writes:
| Well, the subject pretty much says it all.  Has anyone
| tried to use a NeXT CDROM drive with SGI's Iris Indigo
| series? If so, let me know how it turned out.

If you could tell us what brand and model it is, there might be
a bit better chance of telling.  Based on conversations with
a NeXT engineer, I doubt it would work for installing software on
anything except (maybe!) an r4k Indigo.  It might be usable
for ISO9660 disks once the system is up if it is a Sony or
Toshiba drive.
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Let no one tell me that silence gives consent,  |   Dave Olson
because whoever is silent dissents.             |   Silicon Graphics, Inc.
    Maria Isabel Barreno                        |   olson@sgi.com

olson@anchor.esd.sgi.com (Dave Olson) writes:

>In <Bxrv7x.M9E.2@cs.cmu.edu> rane+@cs.cmu.edu (Aaron Hughes) writes:
>| Well, the subject pretty much says it all.  Has anyone
>| tried to use a NeXT CDROM drive with SGI's Iris Indigo
>| series? If so, let me know how it turned out.

>If you could tell us what brand and model it is, there might be
>a bit better chance of telling.  Based on conversations with
>a NeXT engineer, I doubt it would work for installing software on
>anything except (maybe!) an r4k Indigo.  It might be usable
>for ISO9660 disks once the system is up if it is a Sony or
>Toshiba drive.

scsimodes reports it's a Sony CDU-541 in its cool black disguise.
(Sorry, I don't have an Indigo to try one out on...)
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In <Bxsnu9.Bo2@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> lemson@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (David Lemson) writes:
| >In <Bxrv7x.M9E.2@cs.cmu.edu> rane+@cs.cmu.edu (Aaron Hughes) writes:
| >| Well, the subject pretty much says it all.  Has anyone
| >| tried to use a NeXT CDROM drive with SGI's Iris Indigo
| >| series? If so, let me know how it turned out.
| 
| >If you could tell us what brand and model it is, there might be
| >a bit better chance of telling.  Based on conversations with
| >a NeXT engineer, I doubt it would work for installing software on
| >anything except (maybe!) an r4k Indigo.  It might be usable
| >for ISO9660 disks once the system is up if it is a Sony or
| >Toshiba drive.
| 
| scsimodes reports it's a Sony CDU-541 in its cool black disguise.
| (Sorry, I don't have an Indigo to try one out on...)

There is a reasonably good chance that it will work with
the ISO 9660 code then, but no gaurantees.

It is unlikely to work for software installation.
--
Let no one tell me that silence gives consent,  |   Dave Olson
because whoever is silent dissents.             |   Silicon Graphics, Inc.
    Maria Isabel Barreno                        |   olson@sgi.com

olson@anchor.esd.sgi.com (Dave Olson) writes:

>In <Bxsnu9.Bo2@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> lemson@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (David Lemson) writes:
>| 
>| scsimodes reports it's a Sony CDU-541 in its cool black disguise.
>| (Sorry, I don't have an Indigo to try one out on...)

>There is a reasonably good chance that it will work with
>the ISO 9660 code then, but no gaurantees.

>It is unlikely to work for software installation.

  Why wouldn't it be able to read standard SGI disks as well as 9660
disks?  The only problem I have ever had mixing between vendors drives
and systems is in booting.  Though I have used many of the combinations
between DEC, Sun and SGI (thats six possibilities right?) I haven't
tried with any NeXT equipment.
  Or more specifically, why wouldn't a SCSI command to read a certain
block work the same on the NeXT CD as it does with any other SCSI
device?  As long as the returned blocks make sense to the machine,
the data should be "readable".  Am I missing something here?
        Charlie