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- From: lemson@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (David Lemson)
- Subject: Re: NeXT CDROM on SGI Indigo?
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- References: <Bxrv7x.M9E.2@cs.cmu.edu> <sdjtdnk@zuni.esd.sgi.com>
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 05:41:55 GMT
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- olson@anchor.esd.sgi.com (Dave Olson) writes:
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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.
-
- >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.
-
- scsimodes reports it's a Sony CDU-541 in its cool black disguise.
- (Sorry, I don't have an Indigo to try one out on...)
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