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Re: NeXT CDROM on SGI Indigo?

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From: Dave Olson
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 07:26
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In <Bxsnu9.Bo2@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> lemson@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (David Lemson) writes:
| >In <Bxrv7x.M9E.2@cs.cmu.edu> rane+@cs.cmu.edu (Aaron Hughes) writes:
| >| Well, the subject pretty much says it all.  Has anyone
| >| tried to use a NeXT CDROM drive with SGI's Iris Indigo
| >| series? If so, let me know how it turned out.
| 
| >If you could tell us what brand and model it is, there might be
| >a bit better chance of telling.  Based on conversations with
| >a NeXT engineer, I doubt it would work for installing software on
| >anything except (maybe!) an r4k Indigo.  It might be usable
| >for ISO9660 disks once the system is up if it is a Sony or
| >Toshiba drive.
| 
| scsimodes reports it's a Sony CDU-541 in its cool black disguise.
| (Sorry, I don't have an Indigo to try one out on...)

There is a reasonably good chance that it will work with
the ISO 9660 code then, but no gaurantees.

It is unlikely to work for software installation.
--
Let no one tell me that silence gives consent,  |   Dave Olson
because whoever is silent dissents.             |   Silicon Graphics, Inc.
    Maria Isabel Barreno                        |   olson@sgi.com
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