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Hello
Installed the cd-r function on a InfoServer 100. I replaced one of the
RRD42 with a HP CD-writer plus 9200 series (8x4x32x) hoping that the
cd-r function would see the writer. No such luck. So I was wondering
what old type cd writers worked under the cd-r function. The cd-r in
the manual is a Sony CDW-900E. Ebay (acourse) has 1 going for
24.00(US) in a external case. Tks for any info.
phil
In article <cd454827-b334-4bf9-bbd1-0b8acd04a73d@t47g2000hsc.googlegroups.com>, "tomarsin2015@comcast.net" <tomarsin2015@comcast.net> writes:[color=blue]
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>Hello
>Installed the cd-r function on a InfoServer 100. I replaced one of the
>RRD42 with a HP CD-writer plus 9200 series (8x4x32x) hoping that the
>cd-r function would see the writer. No such luck. So I was wondering
>what old type cd writers worked under the cd-r function. The cd-r in
>the manual is a Sony CDW-900E. Ebay (acourse) has 1 going for
>24.00(US) in a external case. Tks for any info.
>phil[/color]
The IS doc listed "suupported" drives. At the time, they were all 1x
burners save for perhaps one at 2x.
While it would be nice to be able to use an IS and CD burner, finding
one that will function may be futile or cost you more than it is worth.
Put a CD on your Alpha and use LD/CDRECORD. This way you can use re-
cord speeds in excess of 1x.
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[email]tomarsin2015@comcast.net[/email] wrote:[color=blue]
> Hello
> Installed the cd-r function on a InfoServer 100. I replaced one of the
> RRD42 with a HP CD-writer plus 9200 series (8x4x32x) hoping that the
> cd-r function would see the writer. No such luck. So I was wondering
> what old type cd writers worked under the cd-r function. The cd-r in
> the manual is a Sony CDW-900E. Ebay (acourse) has 1 going for
> 24.00(US) in a external case. Tks for any info.
> phil[/color]
The infoserver was hardware wise very like a vaxstation 3100/33, a pretty
slow box. Fastest CD-R I recall seeing in one at DEC was 2X speed. Recall
too this was before "burn proof" existed. With a faster drive and faster
Vax or Alpha considerably faster burns are possible (though the fastest scsi
cd-r I have (kind of old now) is 6X on the alpha. But there is no question
the alpha can run much faster.
In essence the infoserver used the kind of processing in io$_diagnose
to do its stuff, as I was told. That gives lots of flexibility, but it
also sets up and tears down the SCSI connection (port to class) with every
call. That is why normal i/o is faster: it sets up the SCSI connection
once and uses it many times. Because of this, writing via io$_diagnose will
not be as fast as disk writing with normal i/o calls. That is not a problem
on slow devices but it will take more resources and time which at some point
may be noticeable.
Glenn Everhart
In article <xZ%5j.681$Ca1.263@newsfe10.lga>, VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG writes:[color=blue]
> In article <cd454827-b334-4bf9-bbd1-0b8acd04a73d@t47g2000hsc.googlegroups.com>, "tomarsin2015@comcast.net" <tomarsin2015@comcast.net> writes:[color=green]
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>>Hello
>>Installed the cd-r function on a InfoServer 100. I replaced one of the
>>RRD42 with a HP CD-writer plus 9200 series (8x4x32x) hoping that the
>>cd-r function would see the writer. No such luck. So I was wondering
>>what old type cd writers worked under the cd-r function. The cd-r in
>>the manual is a Sony CDW-900E. Ebay (acourse) has 1 going for
>>24.00(US) in a external case. Tks for any info.
>>phil[/color]
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> The IS doc listed "suupported" drives. At the time, they were all 1x
> burners save for perhaps one at 2x.[/color]
I thought the cd-r (Scribe) function was only supported on the
Infoserver 1000. Has anyone ever known it to work on the 100
or 150 ?
In article <TuL6CuendSPa@eisner.encompasserve.org>, [email]Kilgallen@SpamCop.net[/email] (Larry Kilgallen) writes:[color=blue]
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>In article <xZ%5j.681$Ca1.263@newsfe10.lga>, VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG writes:[color=green]
>> In article <cd454827-b334-4bf9-bbd1-0b8acd04a73d@t47g2000hsc.googlegroups.com>, "tomarsin2015@comcast.net" <tomarsin2015@comcast.net> writes:[color=darkred]
>>>
>>>
>>>Hello
>>>Installed the cd-r function on a InfoServer 100. I replaced one of the
>>>RRD42 with a HP CD-writer plus 9200 series (8x4x32x) hoping that the
>>>cd-r function would see the writer. No such luck. So I was wondering
>>>what old type cd writers worked under the cd-r function. The cd-r in
>>>the manual is a Sony CDW-900E. Ebay (acourse) has 1 going for
>>>24.00(US) in a external case. Tks for any info.
>>>phil[/color]
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>> The IS doc listed "suupported" drives. At the time, they were all 1x
>> burners save for perhaps one at 2x.[/color]
>
>I thought the cd-r (Scribe) function was only supported on the
>Infoserver 1000. Has anyone ever known it to work on the 100
>or 150 ?[/color]
My recollection was that Scribe was sold when the IS1000s were being
produced. I have no information on whether or not it is supported on
the IS1000 only.
Since the function enabler CD images have been put on the freeware, I
may try these on my IS1000 and IS150. However, without a CD recorder
which will be recognized by the Scribe function, this effort may be a
waste of time. I'm busy porting some interesting code to Itanium, so
I don't expect to drop that and delve into this IS issue anytime soon;
especially, since I have a high-speed SCSI CD burner hanging off of my
Alpha.
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On Dec 6, 2:37 pm, "tomarsin2...@comcast.net"
<tomarsin2...@comcast.net> wrote:[color=blue]
> Hello
> Installed the cd-r function on a InfoServer 100. I replaced one of the
> RRD42 with a HP CD-writer plus 9200 series (8x4x32x) hoping that the
> cd-r function would see the writer. No such luck. So I was wondering
> what old type cd writers worked under the cd-r function. The cd-r in
> the manual is a Sony CDW-900E. Ebay (acourse) has 1 going for
> 24.00(US) in a external case. Tks for any info.
> phil[/color]
There is a short list of drives "reported to work" in an article on
Hoff's site ( [url]http://64.223.189.234/node/610[/url] )
[email]johnhreinhardt@yahoo.com[/email] wrote:[color=blue]
> On Dec 6, 2:37 pm, "tomarsin2...@comcast.net"
> <tomarsin2...@comcast.net> wrote:[color=green]
>> Hello
>> Installed the cd-r function on a InfoServer 100. I replaced one of the
>> RRD42 with a HP CD-writer plus 9200 series (8x4x32x) hoping that the
>> cd-r function would see the writer. No such luck. So I was wondering
>> what old type cd writers worked under the cd-r function. The cd-r in
>> the manual is a Sony CDW-900E. Ebay (acourse) has 1 going for
>> 24.00(US) in a external case. Tks for any info.
>> phil[/color]
>
> There is a short list of drives "reported to work" in an article on
> Hoff's site ( [url]http://64.223.189.234/node/610[/url] )[/color]
And the officially supported drives are listed in the Infoserver
software (v. 3.5) SPD:
[url]http://h18000.www1.hp.com/info/SP3320/SP3320PF.PDF[/url]
Regards,
Kari