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From: jtn@ADS.COM (John T. Nelson)
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Subject: Speaking of 105 meg disk drives
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Date: 18 Jan 91 19:45:59 GMT
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Hmmmmmm speaking of that 105 meg hard disk, does anyone know if it can
be de-installed fromt he NeXT and then re-installed in a Macinotsh and
would it work?  The 105 megger is inadequate for a Unix environment
but one could salvage it by putting it on a Mac and buying a cheaper
third-party BIG disk drive...

or is this heresy?

Seriously.  Any incompatibility problems between this drive and Macs?
Can a Mac use a drive not specifically tailored for it?  I'm also
thinking that maybe third-party chips might be less expensive than
NeXT sells them.  Those are special interleaved 4x4 meg SIMMS though
aren't they... expensive.

And while we're on this subject.... that Megapixel colour display for
the NeXTDimension is pretty expensive for a Trinitron monitor isn't
it?  $3,995.  I wonder if one could connect NeXTDimension to a
third-party alternative or even one of those direct video tee-vee sets
that are being sold.



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