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Hello.

Are there people who are using non-Sun SCSI CD ROM Drive with
Sun3 or Sparc for reading ISO format CD ROMs?

If you are using them, will you kindly let me know
 - which software driver (and where you obtained) for SCSI CD
  drive,
 - and how well you can read ISO format CD ROMs (e.g, can you read it
as if there is a UNIX file system on it)?

My guess is that if I have a proper driver software and can access the
drive as SCSI device, with Sparc, I should be able to mount the ISO
format CD drive. I recognized some object files nameed hs_fs*.o for
kernel relinking. Presumably hs stands for High Sierra.
For Sun3, I have no idea. Are there people who have written such
software drive themselves? How would I obtain information regarding
how to write SCSI driver for Sun3 or Sparc?

You may be asking why I want to connect non-SUN SCSI CD-ROM drives.
The answer is because I have found a few of them lying around at our
office :-) They were used for some multimedia demo and then they were
hooked to PCs with driver software written elsewhere. Now the drives in
the external casings just sit on a shelf.

I would like to put them to good use in this age of environmental
consciousness instead of letting them sit idle. Presumably drives for
PC may be slower than Sun original drives, but I like slow drives than
no drives at all.

Any stories/hints/pointers will be aprreciated.
Please let me know by e-mail.
I will post a summary afterward.

Thank you.
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 Shinagawa, Tokyo 142, JAPAN. FAX:+81-3-5702-0359, Phone:+81-3-5702-0351
 UUNET: ishikawa@personal-media.co.jp
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