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Re: Q: Care and feeding of the NeXT Optical Disk Drive

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From: Robert Wong
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 06:33
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In article <BURNS.92Dec15093626@gaia.cc.gatech.edu> burns@cc.gatech.edu (James E. Burns) writes:
>use it without any more problems.)  I think my secret is that I followed
>the original warning to keep the cube off the carpet.  Since day 1,
>my machine has been on a plank cut slightly larger than the Cube's
>footprint.  The only maintenance done re the optical was that I had

You mentioned something about the original warning.  What warning?  BTW:  I
did the same thing w/the plank.  I thought that it was easier to drag a plank
than to lift the cube.
 RWW.

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Subject: Re: Q: Care and feeding of the NeXT Optical Disk Drive
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