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From: dhg@sinix.UUCP (David Griffith)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Basic questions from a potential Next customer
Keywords: next
Message-ID: <1991Feb12.164634.18390@sinix.UUCP>
Date: 12 Feb 91 16:46:34 GMT
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In article <8707@hub.ucsb.edu> 6600dadg@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (Mark Dadgar) writes:
>In article <b067bl.4z6@wang.com> 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.

Of course, it's also in their interests to get you to buy
the more expensive machines...

Dave Griffiths