Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!know!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!emory!ogicse!orstcs!neptune!leach From: leach@neptune.uucp (Tom Leach) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: Mono Slab upgradable Color? Message-ID: <20787@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU> Date: 5 Oct 90 21:47:49 GMT References: Sender: usenet@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU Reply-To: leach@oce.orst.edu (Tom Leach) Organization: College of Oceanography, Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, Or. Lines: 32 In article tmab+@andrew.cmu.edu (Thomas Mok) writes: >In your article to netnews.comp.sys.next, you wrote > >> I was wondering (forgive my ignorance) if the Monochrome Slab could be >> upgraded to a Color Slab in the future or are the two completely >> different critters? > >I have also asked this very same question to my NeXT salesperson. >He told me that there is no expansion slot for graphic board inside >the "slab" chasis. This means that you won't be able to upgrade >by just plugging in a color board. > >tmab@andrew.cmu.edu Tom (and others), the slab and color slab are both single board computers. To upgrade from a slab to a color you would need to replace the mother- board. I don't know if NeXT will do this but I suspect that if they do, it wouldn't be real cheap. Anyway, none of the slab configurations have a slot of any kind. Just wanted to clear that point. Tom Leach Internet:leach@OCE.ORST.EDU UUCP:hplabs!hp-pcd!orstcs!leach ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Middle-of-the-road, man, it stanks. Let's run over Lionel Richie with a tank. >>>Disclaim: It's me, not OCE.<<< B. Catt, Deathtongue. (c 1986) Internet:leach@OCE.ORST.EDU UUCP:hplabs!hp-pcd!orstcs!leach ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Middle-of-the-road, man, it stanks. Let's run over Lionel Richie with a tank. >>>Disclaim: It's me, not OCE.<<< B. Catt, Deathtongue. (c 1986)