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bobcook@unixhub.SLAC.Stanford.EDU (Bob Cook) writes:
> William E. Aitken writes
> >
> >My package included 
> >
> >	1) The drive itself
> >	2) The power cable
> >	3) a software licence 
> >	4) a CD-ROM caddy.
> >
> >Is anything else missing?
> 
> We got two additional things.  One is a cable with a SCSI connector on
> one end and a connector that hooks to the drive on the other.  That's
> for hooking the drive to your NeXT.  The second is a "terminator"
> thingy that can be used to terminate your SCSI chain.

I work with the ITS product center here at RPI, which is to say the place  
that sells NeXT-type things on the RPI campus (and other campuses in the  
nearby area).

Please note that the SCSI connector & terminator do not come with the CD-ROM  
drive itself.  You must order them separately.  The reason they are separate  
is that you will need different cables depending on whether you have any  
other SCSI devices already on your NeXT.

So if you're ordering a NeXT CD-ROM drive, do not assume the cables come  
with it.  You'll have to order them as a separate item.  Presumably the  
place you're ordering from will do that automatically, but it doesn't hurt  
to check.  You'd be really upset to finally get the CD-ROM drive only to  
find you can't hook it up because you didn't order the right cables!!

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Garance Alistair Drosehn     =     gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu
ITS Systems Programmer            (handles NeXT-type mail)
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute;           Troy NY    USA