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From: Ray_Davison@cc.sfu.ca
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: '040 Upgrade
Message-ID: <1991Jan17.225613.9193@ucs.sfu.ca>
Date: 17 Jan 91 22:56:13 GMT
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In article <1991Jan17.113803.11637@hellgate.utah.edu>
gchunt%albion.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Galen Hunt) writes:
>What is included in the '040 upgrade for the cubes.  I assume that it
>includes the '040 board and a OD with the Release 2.0 software, but
>does it come with the 2.8MB floppy.  If not, is the floppy going to be
>available as an option?
>
The 040 upgrade and the 2.0 software upgrade are separate items. You could 
get the software upgrade without the hardware upgrade, but you need the
new software with the new hardware. There is no 2.8MB floppy upgrade for 
the cube available from NeXT. You have to buy it from a third party.
The 040 upgrade does include a filter for the OD (finally). Mine arrived too
late. I hadn't used the optical for months, and now that I need it to do
the software upgrade (which I need for the hardware upgrade) my optical is
dead. The good thing is that this is the first time my cube has needed 
service since I got it over two years ago.