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From: jdehnert@sdcc13.ucsd.edu (James Dehnert)
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Subject: Re: How to make a NeXTstation Color drive a grayscale monitor?
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Date: 26 May 91 18:27:49 GMT
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  I was worried about the expandibility of the NeXTcolor station
myself when I began looking at NeXTs.  I finaly bought a cube
because a) I got in under the wire at the buisnessland fire sale (
thank god i don't have to deal with them anymore!) and 2) It was
cheaper than the color station I was looking at.
  At any rate i asked the local NeXT rep about the expandibility of
the NeXT stations because I didn't want to get left behind when the
new wave of cpu's came out, and he told me thet he believes when
that happens you will be able to do a motherboard swap for about
$1000 just like on the cube.  It seems to me that one could easily
cough up another $500 or whatever, to get color thrown in with that.
  I know the color may be more than this, all I can say is start
saving now!  Either way it's not cheap.  Someone should also call
NeXt up and confirm that stations will be upgradeable, but I have a
cube, so I don't have to call 8-).

	Zeke

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