[rescue] Mysterious CDROM enclosure connectors

[Matthew Braun]

> From: Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com>
> Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2002 20:23:14 -0400
> To: rescue at sunhelp.org
> Subject: Re: [rescue] Mysterious CDROM enclosure connectors
> Reply-To: rescue at sunhelp.org
>
> On July 7, Matthew Braun wrote:
> > Whilst at work I uncovered a nifty little dual CDROM enclosure from the
> > garbage downstairs (along with a bunch of other neato stuff like a boxed
> > rackmount hub, 4Gb Compaq SCA drive in sled, boxed barcode
> scanner, etc).
> > The only problem is I can't identify the connector.
> ...
> > I can only find vague references to this device (apparently
> OS/2 supports
> > it, for what good it's worth). Does anyone know what kind of connectors
> > these are?
>
>   This is a VERY old proprietary Sony CDROM interface.  A few
> manufacturers had interfaces like these.  To use it, you'll need the
> matching ISA-bus controller board.  Some sound cards have appropriate
> interfaces on them as well.
>
>   This sort of interface predates the rest of the stuff you found by
> quite a bit...I've not seen those drives in active use for at least
> ten years.


Do you think this would work with the Sony News workstation that someone
(Bill? Big Mike?) was unloading?

I personally don't need the item (though a dual-drive enclosure would help
reduce some clutter atound here), but when I see an unfamiliar piece of
computing equipment in the trash I also see a potential rescue.

(Though it's sounding like it may return to the pile from whence it came...)

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