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From: blob@apple.com (Brian Bechtel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: CD-ROM player for both Mac and PS/2
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Date: 17 Jan 90 15:55:13 GMT
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In article <19715@vax5.CIT.CORNELL.EDU> st5@vax5.CIT.CORNELL.EDU writes:
> I'm interested in getting a CD-ROM player mainly for use on the
> Mac, but I also need to access several CDs from the PS/2.

I have a catalog from the "Bureau of Electronic Publishing" (201) 
857-4300, Fax (201) 857-3031.  In this catalog they list drives by Denon, 
NEC, and Toshiba that have both IBM and Macintosh interfaces.  As I 
understand it, all you'd need on the IBM side is a SCSI interface card, 
cable, and software.  All you need on the Mac side is cable and software.

> Could some kind-hearted soul suggest ... what struggles I might 
> encounter in switching back and forth.

The violent wrenching of your mind as you try to accomodate two different 
styles of computing... :-)

--Brian Bechtel     blob@apple.com     "My opinion, not Apple's"