Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!psuvax1!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!remus.rutgers.edu!declan From: declan@remus.rutgers.edu (Declan McCullagh/LZ) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: Color NeXTStation Summary: Some specs... Message-ID: Date: 7 Nov 90 17:21:55 GMT References: <85720@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 40 In article <85720@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu>, thamer@gecko.cis.ohio-state.edu (M T ) writes: > > What is the story on the NeXTstation Color? I've heard it's > scheduled to be released 1'st quarter '91, has 12MB RAM, 16 bit > color, and 105MB HD. Yes. Of course, you can add more RAM or order a larger HD. > How much of a disadvantage is it to have 16 bit color vs. > 32 bit? Not much. Believe it or not, PostScript drawing/moving windows, etc. is quite fast on the NeXTstation Color. PostScript also wins here, too: dithering a 24-bit image looks almost as good as it does on the NeXTdimension - it's hard to tell them apart unless you know what to look for. Even resizing a color image is quite fast. > Does it have any NeXTbus slots or isn't expandable like the > mono-slab? No slots here. > Perhaps the best way to get a serious color system is to > buy the NeXTcube at $8000 and NeXTdimension 32 bit graphics accelerator > board at $4000 and MegaPixel Color Monitor at $???? We're definitely > over $12,000 at this point and we still only have 8MB RAM and 105MB HD > with the cube. If REAL color is going to cost this much, I'll take > the $3300 (edu-discounted) mono-slab now. The list price of the MegaPixel Color Monitor is $3000. Educational discounts apply to that and the NeXTdimension board, naturally. "Serious color system?" Depends on how you define serious. "REAL color?" I have no idea what you mean... The NeXTstation Color is excellent for what it does, but the NeXTdimension is really in a different class. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Declan McCullagh / NeXT Campus Consultant \ declan@remus.rutgers.edu --------------------------------------------------------------------