Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!clyde.concordia.ca!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!aplcen!haven!umd5!umd5.umd.edu!anderson From: anderson@sapir.cog.jhu.edu (Stephen R. Anderson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: SCSI peripherals Message-ID: Date: 24 Oct 90 11:30:05 GMT Sender: news@umd5.umd.edu Distribution: comp Organization: Dept. of Cognitive Science, The Johns Hopkins University Lines: 31 I'm thinking about getting rid of my Mac IIci and getting a NeXT: much as I like the idea of the "seamless integration of the MacOS and UNIX" under A/UX, A/UX 2.0 has to be the flakiest and most fragile UNIX implementation I've seen. But I'd like to know whether I can at least save my investment in SCSI devices. a) I have a 600+ Meg Wren V attached to the Mac. Does the NeXT come with appropriate utilities to format, partition and mount this drive? If I were to get a cube rather than a slab, is it possible to mount this drive inside the cube (instead of in the external enclosure where it now lives)? b) I also have a Toshiba CD-ROM drive. Does the NeXT have a driver for such a thing? And if it does, is there anything I can do with it? c) Finally, I have a TEAC 155 Meg cartridge tape unit. Again, is there a driver for this on the NeXT? Under A/UX, the TEAC isn't officially supported, but it is possible to find a (free) driver for it that was written as a public service. I suspect that other potential Mac->NeXT migrants would like to see information about the usability of such devices, so it might be better to post it than to send it to me directly. But if I get information in the mail, I'll summarize it and post it. Steve Anderson Dept. of Cognitive Science The Johns Hopkins University