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From: tjb@unhd.UNH.EDU (Thomas J. Baker)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: More NeXT Info Please...
Keywords: Color
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Date: 25 Oct 90 13:04:14 GMT
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Reply-To: tjb@unhd.UNH.EDU (Thomas J. Baker)
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Hello Again...

Either my first version of this post was lost, or no one knows the answers but
I'll try again...

Does anyone know if NeXT had addressed the problem of high speed modems
being used with the serial ports?  I read in a back issue of Tao that the NeXT 
has problems because it doesn't support hardware flow-control.  Is this true
with the new machines?  What about SLIP?  Is there a NeXT-supported or PD 
version? 

I currently plan to buy either a color station or a cube.  I have concerns that 
16-bit color with no graphics processor will be slow for things like animation, 
etc.  I also think that 32-bit color (and it's price tag) is overkill for a home 
setup, beside that fact that I'd have to wait a year or two to get color that 
way due to it's price.  Has anyone seen a color station in action? 

If I end up getting a cube, is there room to put a second drive inside it?  That
would make two hard disks and a floppy.  Just a thought:  wouldn't it be better
to have an external floppy with the cube so that you could get a long cabel and
put it beside the monitor on the desk while the cube was under the desk?  You're 
more likely to want quicker access to a floppy drive than, say, an optical.  Is
it now impossible to buy a cube/40Mb hard drive/external floppy setup?

For the first time, I just got to sit in front of an '030 cube for an hour and
give it a test drive.  It was great.  I could live with that performance.  It 
seemed to be quite similiar to my MacII, except for some program launches.  I 
can't imagine what it will be like on an '040 and with all the improvements to
the OS, I'm dying by inches to get my own...

Thanks for any info yo can give...


tjb
 
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