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From: mcarthur@sonia.math.ucla.edu
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Subject: NeXT re-designs cube
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Date: 7 May 90 16:12:39 GMT
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Folks:

	Many of you have mentioned that some cubes have not one bottom
vent but two. Also, some cubes seem to have the fan reversed (reversed is of 
course a matter of perspective). As is turns out NeXT has in fact re-designed 
the cube. There are a variety of reasons for which they did this. Unfortunately 
this will effect the type of dust filters that you may need for your cube. 
Please note that the Buzzings #5 article is out-of-date. As soon as I finish 
gathering all the facts I will post a summary and a full story in Buzzings, 
hopefully by May 13. Thus far I have seen the following configurations:

1) one vent at bottom, fan blows out.

2) two vents at bottom, fan blows out.

3) two vents at bottom, fan blows in.


If you have a different configuration than the above (done by NeXT, not 
yourself) please let me know. When ordering a dust filters, please be sure
to  mention your configuration. 

	On another note, the shareware mentioned in Buzzings #5 will be
avalible by May 14. Some people actually have it already, but we are 
reluctant to upload them to the archives. We may opt to release the alpha
versions. I will take requests for direct mailing of particular programs. 


Please mail questions to: dnp@math.mit.edu