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Re: CDRom drives/3.0 from NeXT

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From: Brent Swekla
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 21:26
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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...

What you missed is that what you need "to get the thing up and running"
depends on your particular configuration. For instance, since I have an
external hard drive I don't need a terminator *and* I need a different
cable.

At least you got yours; I'm still waiting...  8-(
--
Brent Swekla
swekla@ee.ualberta.ca


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