Re: NEC IBM CD-ROM to RamFAST?

[erik@hypermall.com (Erik Kloeppel)]

In article <18JUN199506203755@vax2.concordia.ca>,
spector@vax2.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector) wrote:

>         A couple of months back, the internal CD-ROM drive in my brother's
> 486 PC started acting flaky and then just stopped accessing discs altogether.
> Now, without even making an attempt to figure out _why_, he's decided to toss
> it away and replace it with a single speed IDE CD-ROM drive. Which brings me
> to my question, is there a chance this might work on my Apple IIgs connected
> up to a RamFAST SCSI interface? And if so, and assuming I can fix it, where
> could I find an external enclosure, powersupply and SCSI connector?
> 
>         It's a NEC CDR-84J double-speed CD-ROM, SCSI I believe, although
> I'm not 100% sure. It's been connected to a PAS16 sound card (supports SCSI)
> and looking through NEC's manual, there's a mention of SCSI ID selectors and
> a 50-pin I/O bus connector. 

Hmm.. as to whether it would work with the RF, I don't KNOW, but I'd bet
on "yes".. they covered an awful lot of bets in that card.

As for the enclosure.. Alltech sells hard drive enclosures that provide
all the internals you need (cable, selector, power supply, etc).  The only
hard part would be cutting the face-plate to allow access to the drive. 
Not terribly difficult, but time consuming if you want to do it right (I
just spent two weeks getting one cut for a tape drive...)

It also might involve some jury rigging to get the dratted drive mounted
right too (never know..)

if you wnat a CD-ROM <SPECIFIC> case.. well ask them, then grab a copy of
Computer Shopper.  I think I counted 6 or 7 outfits that sell darn near
any type of enclosure made.  They can, by hooey, come up with SOMETHING
that would work.

Lurch

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