Pioneer DVD-CD Stacker For A4000T

[danbeaver]

AsimCDFS handles changers nicely and is the only one that does easily.  You can download the adf file for version 3.7 or 3.9 from EAB's server, and a copy may be on
http://www.the oldcomputer.com.  These use the LUN's of the device number and thus are limited to 7 discs, so the LUN must be enabled on those controllers that allow it (the 4091 & 2091 do).  One could also write individual mountlists for each unit to select it.  The DVD aspect may be an issue depending on the format as only some are recognized.

[danbeaver]

The issue is that that device is based on the DRM-1004 100 disc changer all 7 of which are daisy chained and I'm not sure how one selects 1 disc from the 100 each drive offers. The PDF file is not helpful on that matter.

[danbeaver]

I think the easiest would be to simply set up the drives on the bus as a CDx DOS Driver. And then use the front panel in admin mode to change discs.

I imagine it woud quite amusing if the unit generated 700 LUNs for each of the discs! And you had to setup 700 CDx DOS Driver files! LOL! :rofl:

More realistic than it would genrerate only 100 LUNs. Or less.per magazine size.

Any software written would need to know the internal SCSI commands the stacker uses to change discs. This could be a a GUI where stacks of icons for each disc can be clicked on which would hten be loaded in the drive and mounted on the CDx unit. Though having 7 rows of 100 gadgets would be tight!

Without this infomation you're stuck using it manually like any other hardware connected to an Amiga. Like a printer scanner, it's just a fact of Amiga life. Or, hook it up to a PC and use a SCSI Sniffer! :laugh1:

Each drive (0 through 7) can access 8 (0 through) LUN's which is not 2**8, but 8*8 or 64 LUN's.  So there must be a way of cataloging the discs and selecting each of the 100 per drive; ergo there is likely a Windows/Mac/Unix program to tell each drive to turn to "n" disc out of 100 to read.

[danbeaver]

And they are being sold on eBay for a few hundred dollars:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/PIONEER-DRM-7000-700-DISK-CHANGER-FLEXLIBRARY-SYSTEM-/200942183573?pt=US_CD_DVD_Blu_Ray_Drives&hash=item2ec9166495 (Check the shipping!)