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Re: CDRom drives/3.0 from NeXT

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From: Matthew Dillon
Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1993 08:42
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In article <1992Dec23.144503.1481@lkba.uucp> uunet!lkba!lkb (Larry Blische) writes:
>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.
>>
>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.

    I see what happened... we accepted the offer at a meeting at NeXT HQ
    (rather then via the net or a brochure) and the marketting rep
    obviously forgot that little aspect.

    Thanks,

					    -Matt

>--
>Larry Blische		    uunet!lkba!lkb
>LKB Associates, Inc.
>3118 Dunglow Road
>Dundalk, Maryland 21222-5304 USA

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From: dillon@overload.Berkeley.CA.US (Matthew Dillon)
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Subject: Re:  CDRom drives/3.0 from NeXT
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Date: 4 Jan 93 00:42:56 PST
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