Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!usc!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu!quiche!peterd From: peterd@cs.mcgill.ca (Peter Deutsch) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: NeXTdimension, '040 upgrade Summary: Yes, upgrade boards shipping Keywords: 68040, NeXTdimension Message-ID: <1991Jan24.220017.2213@cs.mcgill.ca> Date: 24 Jan 91 22:00:17 GMT References: Sender: news@cs.mcgill.ca (Netnews Administrator) Organization: SOCS, McGill University, Montreal, Canada Lines: 27 In article smithw@hamblin.math.byu.edu (Dr. William V. Smith) writes: >Well, when is the NeXTdimension board supposed to ship?? I am a little >hesitant to order one, since the '040 is still vapor (here). Is there >some kind of time-table for these? [add one year to get the correct delivery >date]. Also, I'm wondering if there were some unexpected problems (besides >the Motorola imposed one) in the upgrade boards that [has] delayed >their shipping. McGill has received four (out of an outstanding order of 8 or ten) 68040 upgrade boards. We were waiting for 8 for our lab and a couple extra on campus. The lab received half it's order. Still no sign of our colour boards... :-( - peterd ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ " Although botanically speaking a fruit, in 1893 the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that tomatoes are a vegetable (and thus taxable under the Tariff Act of 1883) because of the way they are usually served. " ref: Smithsonian, August, 1990. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------