Re: Did NeXT anticipate the CD ROM Drive shortage, maybe

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From: Meinhard E. Mayer (Hardy)
Date: Tue, 06 Oct 1992 05:11

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NeXT is not alone in being late in shipping CD-ROM drive "specials."
HP made a similar offer to academic institutions: free $1300 CD-ROM
drive with purchase of the "starter kit" [HPUX documentation and
browser system + other stuff] for $ 800 or so. We got our "starter
kit" but no player yet (maybe it will be delivered sooner than the
NeXT player...

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Hardy 
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