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Re: NEC CDR-73 CD-ROM & NeXT???

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From: Eric P. Scott
Date: Sat, 01 Aug 1992 01:31
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In article <1992Aug1.000328.6339@leland.Stanford.EDU>
	m@crito.Stanford.EDU (M Carling) writes:
>My understanding is that you need a ROM from NEC that fixes a bug of  
>theirs that reports the block size as zero. The Mac doesn't care, but the  
>NeXT does.

If you've been following comp.unix.aux (the "real" operating
system for the Mac), you've read that NEC drives don't work
there, either.

>           Last I heard, NEC didn't think it was worthwhile to correct  
>their mistake.

Sounds to me like it's not worthwhile to purchase NEC CD-ROM drives.

					-=EPS=-
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From: eps@futon.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott)
Subject: Re: NEC CDR-73 CD-ROM & NeXT???
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