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Article #4111Re: CDRom drives/3.0 from NeXT
From: uunetlkbalkb Larry Blische
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 14:45
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 14:45
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In article <dillon.0t3u@overload.Berkeley.CA.US> dillon@overload.Berkeley.CA.US (Matthew Dillon) writes: > I kinda expected when I bought this package deal from NeXT that they > would ship everything necessary to get the thing up and running, but > when my CD-Rom finally arrived I found that it did not contain a SCSI > cable or terminator! Now I have to wait another few days to get the > proper cable. > > Since no one has complained about it on the Net I feel as though I > missed something... were people expecting to have to buy the cabling > necessary to get the CD-Rom drive working as a separate item? I was > expecting, it being bundled by NeXT and extremely useful (NOT!) without > a means to connect it to the slab, that the cabling would come with it. > In the original offer that was announced on the net, it was stated that the cable was extra, and it gave the part number too. When I ordered mine from my (retail price only) dealer, they were quick to specify that I needed a cable and a terminator. I believe that they sold me a cheaper one than the one from NeXT. -- Larry Blische uunet!lkba!lkb LKB Associates, Inc. 3118 Dunglow Road Dundalk, Maryland 21222-5304 USA
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!lkba!lkb From: uunet!lkba!lkb (Larry Blische) Subject: Re: CDRom drives/3.0 from NeXT Message-ID: <1992Dec23.144503.1481@lkba.uucp> Sender: lkb@lkba.uucp (Larry Blische) Reply-To: uunet!lkba!lkb Organization: LKB Associates, Inc. References: <dillon.0t3u@overload.Berkeley.CA.US> Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 14:45:03 GMT Lines: 27