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- From: olson@anchor.esd.sgi.com (Dave Olson)
- Subject: Re: NeXT CDROM on SGI Indigo?
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- Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc. Mountain View, CA
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- Date: Sun, 15 Nov 92 23:10:18 GMT
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- In <Bxrv7x.M9E.2@cs.cmu.edu> rane+@cs.cmu.edu (Aaron Hughes) writes:
- | Well, the subject pretty much says it all. Has anyone
- | tried to use a NeXT CDROM drive with SGI's Iris Indigo
- | series? If so, let me know how it turned out.
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- If you could tell us what brand and model it is, there might be
- a bit better chance of telling. Based on conversations with
- a NeXT engineer, I doubt it would work for installing software on
- anything except (maybe!) an r4k Indigo. It might be usable
- for ISO9660 disks once the system is up if it is a Sony or
- Toshiba drive.
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- Let no one tell me that silence gives consent, | Dave Olson
- because whoever is silent dissents. | Silicon Graphics, Inc.
- Maria Isabel Barreno | olson@sgi.com
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