Re: non-Sun SCSI CD ROM Drive. Does it work?

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From: Lee Hounshell
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1992 01:00

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Chiaki Ishikawa (ishikawa@ds5200.personal-media.co.jp) wrote:
: 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..

It can be done.  I'm using a Toshiba 3301a with my Sun SPARC 1+.
You will need to get a new EPROM for the CD-ROM drive, though.
All non-sun CD-ROM drives have a different block size than everyone else
(2K vs. 512 bytes, i think).  You will probably need to get the EPROM
from your CD-ROM drive manufacturer.. who gets it from Sun.  So expect to
pay for it.  It's much, much easier if you by the Sun EPROM pre-installed
in your 3rd party CD-ROM player.

BTW: You don't need any special software drivers, if it's SCSI-2 compatible.

--
Lee Hounshell - (510) 823-2432
tlhouns@srv.pacbell.com
Alchemical Engineer and Virtual Realist

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