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In article <Bvtn2o.EuE@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>, lemson@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (David Lemson) writes:
>andrew@cubetech.com (Andrew Loewenstern) writes:
>
>>In article <Bvo482.JvE@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> ab@nova.cc.purdue.edu (Allen B) writes:
>>>In article <1992Oct5.163926.2680@schaefer.math.wisc.edu>  
>>>haller@schaefer.math.wisc.edu (Kirk Haller) writes:
>>>> NeXt: If you don't have something in stock, let your customers know,  
>>>otherwise
>>>> get the orders right!!!!!!
>>>
>>>NeXT still doesn't keep a stock, do they?  That was one of
>>>the things they impressed me with when I was out there
>>>years ago.  Machines were built basically on demand.  Is
>>>that still the case?  Are they having trouble keeping up? 
>>>Is there a shortage of some of the components?
>
> The main problem lately (and the
>subject of 99% of the flames) has been the NeXT CD-ROM drive, whose
>mechanism NeXT does not manufacture.  They are dependent on someone
>else (I guess Sony).

Wasn't one of the reasons the Color stations shipped with Philips
monitors something about Sony not being able/willing to supply NeXT
with Trinitrons to meet demand?  (I remember there were other reasons,
but I think I remember this as being one of the excuses...)

Whatever,
-Don Yacktman
yackd@alaska.et.byu.edu