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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
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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