Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!wuarchive!usc!ucsd!ucbvax!SHUM.HUJI.AC.IL!shmuli From: shmuli@SHUM.HUJI.AC.IL (Shmuel Browns) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: NeXT without floptical is like summer without sunshine Keywords: 20ms floptical OD backup Canon CD-ROM Message-ID: Date: 14 Jan 91 07:43:50 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Distribution: comp Lines: 18 In Issue #5 Buzzings, Dave Joerg reports on the NeXT pre-announcement of the high-end color workstation and says that "all NeXTs will be shipped with the 20ms Canon floptical drives" - double the storage, read/writes both sides of the disk, even reads CD-ROMs, low price ($25)". WHAT HAPPENED?! It doesn't even look as if it's available as an optional extra. Come on NeXT, of the 10 things we are going to see in the 1990s, are we down to 6 from NeXT? Don't leave us in suspense.... Shmuel --- Shmuel Browns, Macintosh & Unix Technical Support VOICE: +972-2-585669 MAIL: Computer Centre, Taylor Bldg, Hebrew University, Jerusalem 91904 ISRAEL BITNET: SHMULI@HUJINIX INTERNET: shmuli@shum.huji.ac.il FAX: +972-2-527349 -- --- Shmuel Browns, Macintosh & Unix Technical Support VOICE: +972-2-585669 MAIL: Computer Centre, Taylor Bldg, Hebrew University, Jerusalem 91904 ISRAEL BITNET: SHMULI@HUJINIX INTERNET: shmuli@shum.huji.ac.il FAX: +972-2-527349