Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!samsung!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!hamblin.math.byu.edu!news From: smithw@hamblin.math.byu.edu (Wild Willy) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: marketing (was: Re: Boycott 68040 upgrades that include Lotus Improv) Message-ID: Date: 20 Oct 90 23:31:51 GMT References: <1990Oct17.173537.6483@nntp-server.caltech.edu> <53667@brunix.UUCP> <2779@lectroid.sw.stratus.com> <9303@helios.TAMU.EDU> <1990Oct19.135753.21624@abcfd20.larc.nasa.gov> <5814@mace.cc.purdue.edu> <1589@camex.COM> Sender: news@hamblin.math.byu.edu (Usenet News) Distribution: na Organization: Brigham Young University Lines: 22 In-Reply-To: geoff@circus.camex.com's message of 20 Oct 90 18:55:29 GMT geoff@circus.camex.com (Geoffrey Knauth) writes: >Does anyone know why the NeXT floppy drive cannot read/write Macintosh >disks? Is this a problem that will go away soon? I understand that this is being worked on and that two(at least) of the third-party floppy makers have promised to have the software done for this RSN. Those who bought DIT drives are supposed to get free upgrades. Don't know about the PLI drives. Since the PLI mechanism is the same as the NeXT drive, you could buy the software from them. However, I also hear that NeXT will offer a similar upgrade 1Q '91. There are also plans to offer a faster version of the cpu in 2Q '91, provided the silicon is done. NeXT has one of the few *working* 50 MHz 68040's to play with. > Geoffrey S. Knauth geoff@camex.com > Camex, Inc., 75 Kneeland St. geoff%camex@uunet.uu.ne> >Boston, MA 02111, (617) 426-3577 x451 --standard disclaimers-- -Bill -- ____________________ Bill Smith____________________. EMail: smithw@hamblin.math.byu.edu or uunet!hamblin.math.byu.edu!smithw Mail: Math Dept. -- 314 TMCB; BYU; Provo, UT 84602 (USA) Phone: +1 801 378 2126 FAX: +1 801 378 2800 -- Jan L. Peterson -- note new e-mail address below. EMail: jlp@hamblin.math.byu.edu or uunet!hamblin.math.byu.edu!jlp Mail: Math Dept. -- 292 TMCB; BYU; Provo, UT 84602 (USA) Phone: +1 801 378 2183 FAX: +1 801 378 2800