From: edc@openage.COM (Ed Cooley)
Newsgroups: biz.sco.general
Subject: CD-ROM Drives
Keywords: ODT 2.0 CDROM Manufacturers
Date: 16 Oct 92 12:54:14 GMT
Organization: [resent by] The SCOGEN gateway and Propagation Society
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> Hello:
>       I will be purchasing the ODT 2.0 Upgrade very soon and am planning
> on buying it on the CD-ROM Media.  Therefore, I need to buy a CD-ROM player.

>       If anyone could list the makes and models of CD-ROM's supported by
> SCO, and possibly some retail suppliers I'd really appreciate it.

>       I'm only interested in SCSI devices.

As was previously posted to the net...

Models of SCSI CD-ROM drives work under SCO UNIX and Open Desktop?
 
KEYWORDS: v4 v2 which models scsi cdrom cd-rom drives work under unix odt hitachi ibm nec sony toshiba xm3301 xm3101 2.0

RELEASE: SCO UNIX System V/386 Release 3.2 Operating System Version 2.0, 4.0 
         SCO Open Desktop Release 1.1 and 2.0

PROBLEM: Many CD-ROM drives that we once listed as supported are no longer
         available.  How can I know which CD-ROM drives will work on a
         particular operating system.

SOLUTION: See the notes at the bottom of the table.

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Model                           SCO UNIX        SCO UNIX 
                                Version 2.0     Version 4.0
                                SCO Open        SCO Open
                                Desktop 1.1     Desktop 2.0
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Hitachi CDR-1750S (ext)         known to work   supported
Hitachi CDR-3750  (int)         unknown         supported 

IBM External CD-ROM drive       unknown         supported 
   model# 3510-001
IBM Internal CD-ROM drive       unknown         supported 
   model# 0845
   feature# 1113
   (also model# 0800)

NEC CDR-73 (ext)                known to work   supported
NEC CDR-75                      unknown         supported
NEC CDR-77                      supported       supported
NEC CDR-83 (int)                known to work   supported

Sony CDU-6110-01 (obs)          supported       unknown
Sony CDU-541-01                 known to work   known to work
Sony 7211                       known to work   known to work   
Sony 6211                       unknown         unknown  

Toshiba XM-3201B (obs)          supported       unknown 
Toshiba XM-3301B                incompatible    supported

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supported = officially supported; tested by SCO
unknown = has not been tested
obs = obsoleted by manufacturer
ext = external drive
int = internal drive

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NOTE: The SCO Hardware Compatibility Handbook incorrectly identified
      the IBM External CD-ROM drive to have model# 3511-003, and the
      IBM Internal CD-ROM drive to have model# 1113, which is actually the
      feature number.  See the table above for the correct model numbers.

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