Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!lll-winken!decwrl!shelby!portia!louiex2 From: louiex2@portia.Stanford.EDU (chris overton) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: $1000 68040-NeXT (was Re: NEXT and the 68040?) Summary: Yes, IT'S TRUE!!! Message-ID: <10190@portia.Stanford.EDU> Date: 15 Mar 90 09:19:23 GMT Sender: chris overton Distribution: usa Organization: Stanford University Lines: 17 >In article <1990Mar11.024125.7409@cs.umn.edu> rantapaa@cs.umn.edu > (Erik E. Rantapaa) writes: >I heard from a reliable source that NeXT is planning to come out with a >68040 version of the cube for around a thousand bucks. I would like to officially confirm this. In fact, the new machine is set to ship late in December, with special distribution being provided by Santa Claus & his reindeer. The only major obstacles seem to be disks freezing up and a labor dispute with the elf union over heating conditions at the north pole plant. The new machine features a rugged casing designed to protect it when dropped through a chimney. :-> -S.C. ------- That was cheap, but it had to be done.