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From: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita)
Subject: Re: AMIGA
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References: <7e7d021W074U01@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com> <1991May10.013614.9548@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> <1991May13.124514.1@dev8g.mdcbbs.com>
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Date: Wed, 15 May 1991 15:24:34 GMT

In article <1991May13.124514.1@dev8g.mdcbbs.com> rivero@dev8g.mdcbbs.com writes:
>In article <1991May10.013614.9548@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>, es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita) writes:
>> In article <7e7d021W074U01@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com> kls30@DUTS.ccc.amdahl.com (Kent L. Shephard) writes:
>>>In article <91126.153504MBS110@psuvm.psu.edu> MBS110@psuvm.psu.edu writes:
>>>>
>>>NeXT does sell an expandable machine; I have one, a NeXTcube. If you want
>>>to add extra boards, buy a cube not a slab.  So why does it irritate you
>>>that NeXT sells a non-expandable machine, don't buy it.
>>>
>> 	I have no problem with a non-expandable cube. It makes
                                                ----->slab

>> sense for most people. What annoys me is that often when pushed
>> into a corner NeXT people start talking about how great the NeXT
>> Dimension Board will be. But it is almost never mentioned that
>> you need to spend an extra $2,500 to get the cube and not the
>> slab to use it.
>> 
> This is not accurate. All the printed info NeXT has sent me regarding the
>NeXT Dimension board clearly states that it will only run in the cube.
>
	Whoops, sorry. Meant slab up there. Other than that the
article is right. Doesn't make sense to spend another $2,500 to
upgrade from a slab to a slab!
>
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