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Subject: Re: Not another NeXT defector???!!!
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Date: 7 Nov 90 22:32:21 GMT
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CXT105@psuvm.psu.edu (Christopher Tate) write:
>Say I want to add a Syquest-mechanism removable-cartridge hard drive to it--
>what do I have to do?  (Or CAN you add them to NeXT's...?)
Christopher goes on to outline the three steps required to install the drive
on the Mac.

I can't answer your answer on the specific type of drive you mention.  But if
the drive is at all intended for any Unix system, installing it may be as
easy as the 3 steps for the Mac or even easier (step 2 may be eliminated in
the case of some peripherals).  

Problems crop up with peripherals not intended for NeXTs because of software/
hardware incompatibilities.  However, by and large, SCSI devices will work 
with the NeXT.  And if the device-maker in question has specifically 
addressed the task of NeXT connectivity (as the cartridge drive you mention
has addressed the task of Mac connectivity), it should be no harder to 
connect it to a NeXT than to a Mac.  

>Somehow I doubt it's this easy on a NeXT...

It all depends.  Some things will be harder to connect to a NeXT, some things
will be easier.  What the NeXT allows is the opportunity to connect more and
more powerful things to it than you could connect to a Mac.