Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!att!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!ginosko!uunet!microsoft!t-jondu From: t-jondu@microsoft.UUCP (Jonathan Dubman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Floptical ejection snafu Message-ID: <7309@microsoft.UUCP> Date: 9 Aug 89 23:27:08 GMT Reply-To: t-jondu@microsoft.UUCP (Jonathan Dubman) Organization: Microsoft Corp., Redmond WA Lines: 19 Suggestion to fix optical drive ejection snafu: This probably wouldn't pass muster with sjobs, but why not have a little BUTTON right next to the drive slit which, when depressed, would send a message to whatever portion of ths OS to eject the disk as soon as possible. I realize the idea is to get as much stuff as possible off the cube and monitor- OK- how about a little control-key sequence (ideally an "eject" button near the power switch, dimming lights, etc. but it's too late for that) How the heck are you supposed to get the disk out? I seem to crash the system during half of my inserts or attempted ejects... Definitely not a higher esthetic. Question: Is the NeXT usable with one floptical and no hard disk, besides the fact that it's a bit slower? Are any cubes shipped with two optical drives? Jonathan Dubman