Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!apple!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!wuarchive!emory!gatech!mcnc!ncsuvx!news From: blaine@hobbes.ncsu.edu (Grey Mull) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: old cube vs new station! Message-ID: <1990Nov8.195933.721@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu> Date: 8 Nov 90 19:59:33 GMT Reply-To: blaine@hobbes.catt.ncsu.edu (Grey Mull) Organization: Computer and Technologies Theme Program Lines: 30 OBFrom: blaine@hobbes.catt.ncsu.edu (Grey Mull) I am tired of the bookstore at my school not knowing anything about the NeXT. They say they are going to carry them and that the prices will be out "...any day now..." - well, that is what I have heard for 5 weeks now. So now I have started looking into an old 68030 cube - it is a good deal. Im just a little nervous about getting a "demo". But, if I get an old cube and the upgrade board can I use my cube to the extent of a new one. I know the old cube I was looking at only had a 40MB HD---what the hell is that, a joke??? Can I use this machine for any reasonable amount of time before getting a big SCSI drive? Here are my options: 1 - Get a new '040 station with 105MB drive (delivery in about two months) approx $3500. 2 - Get an old '030 cube with optical, 40MB for $3000 delivery tomorrow is possible! and upgrade it with '040 first, then a bigger HD. I heared there was some kind of fan, or dust problem with the old optical drives - anyone care to explain this to me. Hey, I just dont want my old '030' cube (if I get one) to be nothing but a doorstop to me - would it be as reliable as a new one? Also I want to be able to use a modem with my NeXT - will any old external modem do the trick? - where do I get a good communication program for the NeXT? Thanx for all the help!!!!!!! NeXT could be the platform for the nineties!! i hope -- Grey Mull - The "Mull-Man" +--------------------------------+ Computer and Technology | "I don't believe in Beatles, I | Theme Program - NCSU | just believe in me..." | Internet: blaine@catt.ncsu.edu | -John Lennon |