🚀 go-pugleaf

Sean Lamont (zeno@phylo.genetics.washington.edu) wrote:
: In article <1egpvnINNs3c@iskut.ucs.ubc.ca> danielsn@unixg.ubc.ca (Peter Danielson) writes:
: >Excuse me if this is a FAQ, but I was wondering whether I can 
: >use PC-specific CD-ROMS (that is, ones with PC search software) 
: >on my NeXT if I get a copy of the PC-emulator.
: >
: 
: the NeXT cdrom drive is ISO-9660 compliant, so you can physically read
: the files certainly.  I'm pretty sure that if you set up the mounted
: disk as an FSA drive withing soft-PC that it would work fine.
: 

Hah!
	In a pigs eye.  We are averaging about 1 disk in 3 as being 
readable.  We're trying to read mostly NASA stuff but a lot of scientific 
data is now available on ISO 9660.  
	Mind you, it took IBM 3 patches 2 OS version upgrades, and 18 months
to get their CD rom reader to read ISO 9660 disks. (AIX)
	It's like russian roulette here.  You get a new data disk, and try
reading on the Next, because that disk can be exported easily.  When that
doesn't work, you try the RS6000, because at least it resembles unix.  It
THAT doesn't work we take it to a PC.  That always works, but it's ethernet
card and ftp program seems to max out at about 30 KB/sec

	I love standards.  There's so much variety...
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