Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!ns-mx!iowasp.physics.uiowa.edu!maverick.ksu.ksu.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!abcfd20.larc.nasa.gov!alandail.larc.nasa.gov!alandail From: alandail@applelink.apple.com (Alan Dail) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Message-ID: <1990Nov9.211118.7784@abcfd20.larc.nasa.gov> Date: 9 Nov 90 21:11:18 GMT Sender: news@abcfd20.larc.nasa.gov (USENET File Owner) Reply-To: alandail@applelink.apple.com (Alan Dail) Organization: NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA USA Lines: 31 Well, I ordered my NeXT 030 Cube from BusinessLand (It should make a nice companion for my Mac IIcx) and I now have a few questions. 1) Are NeXT SIMMs interchangable with Macintosh SIMMs? 2) Is it possible to configure an external Apple HDx0SC as a swap drive for an 030 cube with an optical drive and no hard disk? 3) Is it possible to still get the free 40 meg swap drive from NeXT that they once offered. 4) Are owners of NeXTs entitled to upgrade their OS to 2.0 for free, or do they have to pay for the upgrade (Apple sells thier OS upgrades, but you are also allowed to upgrade without paying, you just don't get the new manuals, etc.) 5) Has anyone tried to connect a LaserWriter IISC to a NEXT? (non postscript, and connects via SCSI). I wouldn't think writing a driver for this would be any more involved than writing one fot the imagewriter. 6) Has anyone succesfully connected a Syquest drive to a NeXT? Could this be configured to be the swap drive for a system with no hard disk? Thanks, Alan Dail -- Alan Dail NASA/Langley Research Center ALANDAIL@applelink.apple.com