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From: rca@cs.brown.edu (Ronald C.F. Antony)
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Subject: Re: SCSI CD-ROM
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Date: 21 Dec 90 20:55:33 GMT
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In article <1990Dec21.082856.6183@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> wln@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (William L Nussbaum) writes:
>In article <11004@helios.TAMU.EDU> cnh5730@calvin.tamu.edu (Chuck Herrick) writes:
>>The following is offered for information only. Since NeXT and Sun seem to be totally
>>committed to CD-ROM technology, it would appear obvious that CD-ROM is a
>>very strongly emerging technology.  I offer this in the spirit that what is hot, well made and
>>cheap is of benefit to us all. I have no affiliation with NEC whatsoever, and
>>the following is in no way intended as an endorsement of any commercial product.
>
>No!  The NEC CDR-35 seems to be one of the most poorly behaved CD-ROM 
>drives around. A friend has one, and though neither he nor I has a NeXT
>(or access to a NeXT, for that matter), it has rarely even worked on his
>Mac IIci (the first one didn't -- it worked on his [I think it was a Plus
>or SE, but I'm not sure] but stopped working when he got his IIci; the

Well, it might as well be the case that Apples non-standard SCSI-bus
hit you guys.
I have heared quite some stories on the non standard behavior of the
Mac SCSI bus. Does anyone have better info on this?

I really wonder if the NEC drive is doomed or the Mac SCSI bus.
Considering that NeXT will only offer internal drives and that I could
need another CD-player that is portable, the NEC option sounds not too
bad, if it works that is...

Ronald
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