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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: Mon, 16 Nov 92 07:26:34 GMT
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- In <Bxsnu9.Bo2@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> lemson@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (David Lemson) writes:
- | >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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- There is a reasonably good chance that it will work with
- the ISO 9660 code then, but no gaurantees.
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- It is unlikely to work for software installation.
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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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