Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!decwrl!adobe!heaven!glenn From: glenn@heaven.woodside.ca.us (Glenn Reid) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: Using the old 68030 board Message-ID: <287@heaven.woodside.ca.us> Date: 3 Oct 90 07:11:13 GMT References: <448@kaos.MATH.UCLA.EDU> <8673@helios.TAMU.EDU> Reply-To: glenn@heaven.woodside.ca.us (Glenn Reid) Organization: RightBrain Software, Woodside, CA Lines: 27 In article mdixon@parc.xerox.com (Mike Dixon) writes: >this was discussed many months ago, and as i remember the consensus >was that the cube power supply would only support one of the main >NeXT boards (since they draw a lot of power for the display). the >remaining slots only supply enough power for processor-only boards. A NeXT service technician told me, in an informal setting that doesn't make it gospel, that the cube has ample power and ventilation for four circuit boards. After all, it was designed with that many slots. I also think that the Ariel multi-processor boards would pose the same problem if it were a real problem. In short, I think that power and ventilation aren't the problem. The problem is more likely to be that NeXT wants the boards as trade-ins. Just my own $.02. Glenn -- Glenn Reid RightBrain Software glenn@heaven.woodside.ca.us PostScript/NeXT developers ..{adobe,next}!heaven!glenn 415-851-1785