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

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3 total messages Started by Chris Mumford Fri, 31 Jul 1992 23:03

#341

Author: Chris Mumford
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 23:03

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I already have a NEC CDR-73 CD-ROM reader for a Macintosh, and I would
like to get it working on my NeXT.  Does anyone know if this is possible. 
I would imagine that I just need the correct device driver, or something. 
If anyone has any suggestions I would greatly appreciate any help.

Chris Mumford

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

#342

Author: M Carling
Date: Sat, 01 Aug 1992 00:03

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In article <1992Jul31.230330.3192@iat.holonet.net>  
cmumford@iat.holonet.net (Chris Mumford) writes:
> I already have a NEC CDR-73 CD-ROM reader for a Macintosh, and I would
> like to get it working on my NeXT.  Does anyone know if this is  
possible. 
> I would imagine that I just need the correct device driver, or  
something. 
> If anyone has any suggestions I would greatly appreciate any help.


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

M Carling
Director, Bay Area NeXT Group
--
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Re: NEC CDR-73 CD-ROM & NeXT???

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Author: 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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