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Conference tape::infoserver

Title:InfoServer (Ethernet System Server)
Notice:Much more than just a CD Servere TAPE::
Moderator:TAPE::STONEHAM
Created:Wed Mar 21 1990
Last Modified:Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:2223
Total number of notes:9773

2205.0. "Infoserver & Yamaha CDR102" by DECPRG::KASPAR (JIRI KASPAR @CHK) Thu Mar 20 1997 17:09

Hi,
I'd like to burn OpenVMS CD on Infoserver 150. 

Having read Infoserver Publisher white paper I ordered CD/R access kit, 
installed latest Infoserver SW .... and found in SPD that Yamaha CDR102, 
which we use on PC, is not supported on Infoserver. 
It does not work indeed.

Next I tried to buy on street some supported CD/R device, but nobody sells 
"such obsolete" devices.

Is in infoserver engineering somebody, who could help me to patch infoserver 
SW, my Yamaha CDR102 to be accepted ? 
Yes, of course, with no warrancy and only for internal usage.

Or: does it exist part # for some supported tabletop CD/R device ?

thanks in advance for any good advice,

Jiri
OpenVMS, Digital Prague
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2205.1You're on your ownWAYLAY::GORDONResident Lightning DesignerThu Mar 20 1997 17:3116
	With very few exceptions, it's not as simple as patching to make it
work.  the problem is that every CD-R drive is slightly different and many need
additional code in order to work.

	One thing you could try is to patch the existing "CDR100" string to
be "CDR102".  If the Yamaha CDR100 and CDR102 are enough alike, it may work.


	The InfoServer does have a primitive patch facility.  You first need
to find the string to patch.  I'd dump SYSBOOT.EXE from the InfoServer to a 
file and search for the string. The other catch is that PATCH in the InfoServer
only accepts numeric input, so you'd have to do a little decoding.  See 1138.1
for an exmple of using PATCH.


					--Doug
2205.2LEFTY::CWILLIAMSCD or not CD, that's the questionThu Mar 20 1997 17:358
    The Yamaha CDR102 is a 2x write, 4x read unit. The CDR100 is a 4x/4x
    drive. No idea if the rest of the specs are close enough to make it
    work. I doubt it, however.
    
    The CDR100 is still available, BTW.
    
    Chris
    
2205.3Speed is a relatively minor thingWAYLAY::GORDONResident Lightning DesignerThu Mar 20 1997 18:125
	The real question is are their command sets sufficiently alike
that it's safe to lie that one is the other.  The default record speed, even
for the CDR100, is 2X.

				--Doug
2205.4Thanks, I'll try itDECPRG::KASPARJIRI KASPAR @CHKFri Mar 21 1997 06:214
Thanks for help, 
I'll try it and let you know if it works or not.

Jiri
2205.5Now it works fineDECPRG::KASPARJIRI KASPAR @CHKFri Mar 21 1997 16:254
I have patched CDR100 to CDR102 and burnt first CD O.K.

Thanks for help, 
Jiri