Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu!tgingric From: tgingric@magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Tyler S Gingrich) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: Basic questions from a potential Next customer Keywords: next Message-ID: <1991Feb12.211913.15402@magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu> Date: 12 Feb 91 21:19:13 GMT References: <8707@hub.ucsb.edu> <1991Feb12.164634.18390@sinix.UUCP> Sender: news@magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu Organization: The Ohio State University Lines: 31 Nntp-Posting-Host: right.magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu In article <1991Feb12.164634.18390@sinix.UUCP> dhg@sinix.UUCP (David Griffith) writes: >In article <8707@hub.ucsb.edu> 6600dadg@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (Mark Dadgar) writes: >>In article ice@wang.com (Fredrik Nyman) writes: >> >>>You have to pay for the "Extended OS" floppy disk set, which costs >>>about $100. The full OS 2.0 takes up ~200 MB. >> >>My copy of the NeXT sales brochures tell me that the full OS software >>release is licensed to *all* NeXT owners, so you can either buy the >>"Extended Release" on floppy for a "nominal charge" or copy it from >>another NeXT owner. I think NeXT should be applauded for this policy. > >I know this is the theory, but I'd be very interested to hear if >anyone has actually done this. My plan is to buy a 105 MB cube and >the extended release on floppy. I rang the dealer in the UK to >place my order. He spent a day "investigating" the possibility >of getting the extended release on floppy and then rang back to >say that it wasn't possible at the present time. It was only >available on OD apparantly. He then tried to persuade me to buy >a 400 MB cube. I rang NeXT in the UK and they told me the same: >you cannot obtain the extended release on floppy at present. >It seems there are bugs in the installation scripts. > The extended release floppies can be ordered, I don't remember the part number off hand (e-mail me if you need it), but NeXT isn't actually producing them yet. I've had mine on order for awhile (List price is $130). I have successfully copied the pieces of the extended release that I need from another local NeXT owner. Tyler