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Re: HD on old cubes

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From: Jonathan Hendry
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 14:18
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In article <1992Sep5.045734.7698@ra.msstate.edu>  
hybowie@sunvis1.vislab.olemiss.edu (Randy Bowie) writes:
>I got this idea, and mebbe you can help.
>
>the original Cubes have that magneto-optical drive, right?
>it's ESDI... could an ESDI drive be substituted, and perhaps even become the  
primary drive?
>NeXT folks have no idea... i might try it.
>any ideas?
>
>Please reply via mail, 'cause my usenet access is quite limited.
>ward@hydra.cche.olemiss.edu (NeXTMail prefered)
>ward@papagayo.srcc.lsu.edu (Non-NeXTMail prefered)

I believe that the MO drive uses a custom interface, not ESDI.
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Jonathan Hendry  Anderson Financial Systems
jon@afs.com  (Nextmail Welcome!) or hendryjw@duvm.ocs.drexel.edu
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