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Article #33393Re: NeXT Optical Drive/Magneto-Optics
From: David M. O'Rourke
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 1988 17:28
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 1988 17:28
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In article <4489@polya.Stanford.EDU> shap@polya.Stanford.EDU (Jonathan S. Shapiro) writes: >What benefit to the laser drive, then? Removable Capacity!! Do you know of any cheap drives that offer a protable 256 MegaBytes, in a very reliable format. This is a machine for University Lab enviroments. Wouldn't it be nice as a student to be able to bring up your very own Unix enviroment regardless of what machine you were on. :-) >Also, consider the following problem: MicroSoft (strictly MicroSoft has already stated that they will not be developing any SW for the next Machine. Given the popularity of OS/2, I think this might be a bad idea. But who am I, just someone who hates MS. :-) -- David M. O'Rourke dorourke@polyslo.calpoly.edu "If it doesn't do Windows, then it's not a computer!!!" Disclaimer: I don't represent the school. All opinions are mine!
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sm.unisys.com!csun!polyslo!dorourke From: dorourke@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (David M. O'Rourke) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: NeXT Optical Drive/Magneto-Optics Message-ID: <4697@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU> Date: 17 Oct 88 17:28:30 GMT References: <4XJgQly00Uw9049VhI@andrew.cmu.edu> <4489@polya.Stanford.EDU> Reply-To: dorourke@polyslo.UUCP (David M. O'Rourke) Organization: Cal Poly State University -- San Luis Obispo Lines: 19