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Started by John Bartley
Wed, 08 Apr 1992 05:57
Worm drives <==> NeXT
Author: John Bartley
Date: Wed, 08 Apr 1992 05:57
Date: Wed, 08 Apr 1992 05:57
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I've been calling various vendors in the NeXT software and peripherals guide, attempting to find out if anyone has WORM drives that will work with the NeXT. A marketing guy at MicroTech told me that they wouldn't work with the NeXT. This sounds unreasonable, but seems to be the case since I can't find anyone that sells a device that works with a NeXT. I would like to get in touch with anyone who is currently using a WORM drive that is directly connected to a NeXT. What brand and model? How does it perform? Where did you buy it? How much? Any problems to be aware of? Thanks for any input. John Bartley 314-928-6913 314-275-9105 voicemail nimno!john@wupost.wustl.edu
Re: Worm drives <==> NeXT
Author: Kent L Shephard
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 14:33
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 14:33
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In article <1992Apr8.055744.2971@nimno.uucp> nimno!john@wupost.wustl.edu (John Bartley) writes: >I've been calling various vendors in the NeXT software and peripherals >guide, attempting to find out if anyone has WORM drives that will work >with the NeXT. A marketing guy at MicroTech told me that they wouldn't >work with the NeXT. This sounds unreasonable, but seems to be the case >since I can't find anyone that sells a device that works with a NeXT. > >I would like to get in touch with anyone who is currently using a WORM >drive that is directly connected to a NeXT. What brand and model? How >does it perform? Where did you buy it? How much? Any problems to be >aware of? > Why bother with a WORM (Write One Read Many) optical drive? Just get a regular WMRM (Write Many Read Many) optical drive. Easy way to handle it is make sure when data is replaced you move the old data to a dircetory call /OldData. Make the directory writable by root only. I think WORM drives are basically dead. The initial concept of WORM was to be able to write huge amounts of data on optical media. There didn't exist the technology to re-write data so the WORM was created. Get an OD and set up some management of files like SCCS, if the /OldData idea won't work. -- /* -The opinions expressed are my own, not my employers. */ /* For I can only express my own opinions. */ /* */ /* Kent L. Shephard : email - kls30@DUTS.ccc.amdahl.com */
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