phil@info.polymtl.ca (test remote acces) (12/01/90)
all , I was wondering if the chip that handle the Floptical that NeXT is shipping will be able to handle third party flopticals as well ? any idea ? Also i would like to hear from people who bought WREN VII drives. I am particularly intesred in the price they paid for it and the address of their dealer. Thanx a lot. BTW does someone tried to make good programs using the DSP (in PD ?) ? It s too bad to have such a device and to not use it efficiently ! Phil
rgc@wam.umd.edu (Ross Garrett Cutler) (12/04/90)
In article <1990Dec1.152805.27271@vlsi.polymtl.ca> phil@info.polymtl.ca (test remote acces) writes: > > all , > > >I was wondering if the chip that handle the Floptical that NeXT is shipping >will be able to handle third party flopticals as well ? >any idea ? The VLSI chip that controls the OD in the NeXT is proprietary; it only works with the Canon OD NeXT chose to use. Unfortunately, they did not move toward a SCSI interface, like the rest of the world uses for OD's. But this doesn't stop you from putting on a 3rd party OD (say a Sony ISO drive); you just won't be using their chip (and you won't be compatible with their cartriages). BTW, "Floptical" does not refer to an Optical drive; it's a floppy drive with optical tracking. Two different technologies... Hope this helps...Ross. -- Please email -- I'll summarize. Ross Cutler University of Maryland, College Park Internet: rgc@wam.umd.edu