[SunRescue] Re: OT NeXT question

[Rebecca Ore]

On Wed, 03 Jan 2001, Mike Hebel wrote:

> >>>
> >>> Now, all I need is a functioning CD-ROM drive.  Found out the Sun
> >>> bootable one we bought from eBay is borked.  Spits out SCSI errors like
> >>> crazy.  Doesn't work on SGI, Sun, or NeXT.  Urgh.  Buyer beware, I
> >>> suppose.
> >>>
> >>
> >>Was this from the place in New Hampshire or was this one of the Dutch
> >>auction ones?
> 
> Hmmm...I won't buy CD-Rom drives off of E-Bay any more since I got stuck
> with three external Toshiba drives with the "odd" wide proprietary
> connector - think old Bernoulli drives.  (Wide drives too - about the width
> of a VCR and non-removable from the case!)
> 
> They're easy enough to find.  Let me dig through my pile of stuff and see if
> I have a Toshiba 5301 I can send you - I might just have one to spare.
> 

I just ordered two of them from Curt Raymond, Londonderry, NH.  This
is a Compaq 4X.  One of my coworkers is taking one of them.

If there's a problem with them (I have a case that will take them, but
they may need a 50 to 68 pin internal cable), I'll let you know.


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Rebecca Ore
http://www.ogoense.net