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Re: Is getting a CD rom drive worth it? Whats out there?

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From: John R. Galloway
Date: Fri, 12 May 1989 02:37
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In article <30511@apple.Apple.COM> jaxom@Apple.COM (Lance Saleme) writes:
>It was suggested that AUX be put on CD-ROM...is that really possible?  Wouldn't it wind up being really slow?  How would configuration information be updated?
>

My suggestion was just to distribute it on CD (i.e. I don't want to get a
zillion floppies or a 40SC or an Apple hard disk in order to get A/UX) not
to run A/UX from a CD.
apple!jrg	John R. Galloway, Jr.       contract programmer, San Jose, Ca

These are my views, NOT Apple's, I am a GUEST here, not an employee!!
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From: jrg@Apple.COM (John R. Galloway)
Newsgroups: apple.aux,comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Is getting a CD rom drive worth it?  Whats out there?
Keywords: CD ROM worth
Message-ID: <30534@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 12 May 89 02:37:55 GMT
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