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From: cyliao@hardy.u.washington.edu (Chun-Yao Liao)
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Subject: Re: Benchmarks (was Re: Read the fine print!)
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Date: 26 Sep 90 04:58:26 GMT
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In article <15640004@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com> sritacco@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com (Steve Ritacco) writes:
>Even if the slab couldn't have an expansion slot, couldn't the CPU board
>have been the same as the cube so that you could by an empty cube and
>a NeXTdimension.  It is sad that the low-end customers are locked out
>of the NeXTdimension.

I wonder why NeXT didn't put a bus connector on the slab. If so, adding a
NeXTdimension card will be something like adding a second pizza-box on the
top or bottom of NeXTstation... kind like modular...

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