Best third-party CD-ROM drive for use with an 040 Cube?

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Title: Best third-party CD-ROM drive for use with an 040 Cube?
Post by: mrbill on May 24, 2014, 10:54:34 PM
Any suggestions for the best third-party CD-ROM drive for use with an 040 Cube, or will any Sun-compatible SCSI CD-ROM work good enough if I set the blocksize and ID correctly?
Title: Best third-party CD-ROM drive for use with an 040 Cube?
Post by: gaspar on May 24, 2014, 11:58:44 PM
I used a sun CD drive for years. I will resuscitate it soon actually after a very long sleep
I hope it works!
Title: Best third-party CD-ROM drive for use with an 040 Cube?
Post by: t-rexky on May 25, 2014, 06:02:25 AM
If you are looking for an external drive, I had great luck with the Nortel NTRH9105.  It is an all black unit in an external SCSI enclosure.  The drive itself is an ATA DVD drive interfaced internally using an Acard ATA to SCSI adapter.  It works like a charm with my slab.

You can get these on fleaBay for around $30...
Title: Best third-party CD-ROM drive for use with an 040 Cube?
Post by: pentium on May 25, 2014, 11:54:42 PM
Sony's caddy loading drives are a sure thing as NeXT's own CD drive was a rebranded Sony unit. Toshiba is the next best thing.
Title: Best third-party CD-ROM drive for use with an 040 Cube?
Post by: gtnicol on May 26, 2014, 05:00:02 PM
DVD-303S slot-loading DVD is a good choice... can mount a DVD even.
Title: Best third-party CD-ROM drive for use with an 040 Cube?
Post by: Nitro on May 27, 2014, 07:43:30 AM
I've used the DVD-305S and it works well to mount CD's and DVD's.

http://www.nextcomputers.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=524
Title: Best third-party CD-ROM drive for use with an 040 Cube?
Post by: t-rexky on May 27, 2014, 07:24:36 PM
It's really good to see you back Nitro!
Title: Best third-party CD-ROM drive for use with an 040 Cube?
Post by: jroark on May 30, 2014, 03:32:56 PM
Quote from: "t-rexky"If you are looking for an external drive, I had great luck with the Nortel NTRH9105.  It is an all black unit in an external SCSI enclosure.  The drive itself is an ATA DVD drive interfaced internally using an Acard ATA to SCSI adapter.  It works like a charm with my slab.

You can get these on fleaBay for around $30...

That's a great deal for the Acard adapter! They're usually around a $100
Title: Best third-party CD-ROM drive for use with an 040 Cube?
Post by: Nitro on May 30, 2014, 09:50:53 PM
Quote from: "t-rexky"It's really good to see you back Nitro!

Thanks.  It's good to be back.  :)

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