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Re: OD under 3.0

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From: Hal.Varian
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 17:39
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In article <1992Sep30.173557.12703@dale.ksc.nasa.gov>  
jporter@picard.ksc.nasa.gov (John Porter) writes:
> I seem to remember back when 3.0 was just an apple in our collective eye (no  
> pun intended.  well, not too much)  that there were mutterings the the  
Optical  
> Disk would no longer be supported.  I just upgraded and my OD seems to work  
> just fine.  Am I missing something here?  It wouldn't be the first time.

That was a confusion in the earlier thread. Software support for ODs was always  
supposed to be part of 3.0, and is, in fact, there.  It is the  Turbo hardware  
that will not support the OD.
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Hal.Varian@umich.edu    Hal Varian
voice: 313-764-2364     Dept of Economics
fax:   313-764-2364     Univ of Michigan
                        Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1220
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