good to see Joe helping others with their DDS drives
never thought we'd get yours working
FWIW, i bought an external drive and just pulled it out of the case and put it inside my PC. Saved me a hassle as far as cables and terminators were concerned.. but i have yet to get a 5.25" bay adapter so it's just kinda loose in my PC.
once you have it installed, and audio firmware flashed, and DAT2WAV installed, if you have a problem identifying it i have a script i can send you that will step thru all the IDs until it finds it.
i never got VDAT to work but you might want to check it out - it's got a GUI interface that some people like much better than DAT2WAV.