Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!ubvax!ames!mike From: mike@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Mike Smithwick) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: NeXT availability at CMU Message-ID: <17936@ames.arc.nasa.gov> Date: 11 Nov 88 00:03:37 GMT References: Reply-To: mike@ames.arc.nasa.gov.UUCP (Mike Smithwick) Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. Lines: 40 In article jk3t+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jonathan King) writes: >At the end of last week, CMU put in its first semi-public order for NeXT >machines, and, although I ended up being only a spectator, I managed to >find out some things about what kind of configurations [deleted stuff about CMU configurations] >Jon King, >lowly graduate student in the CMU psychology department A while ago I saw a nExt info sheet spelling out the 4 main configurations. I'm working from memory, but I recall that there were 2 $6500 configurations. One called "The Educator" and the other "The Scholar" or some such thing. One was The Cube with the laser printer, and the other substituted the printer for the 330 MB winchster. $8500 would get you the system with both the drive and printer. The there was the developer's system that had the 660MB drive instead of the 330 MB one. Our lab had a purchase order out 2 days after the introduction. Supposedly it was their very first one. Word has it that the folks at NeXT were a bit bemused at their first order being for >>> 1 <<< machine. Last I heard it should be here in early December. When I get some time on it, I'll post a user's report. If you're wondering why NASA is getting one, for some reason we're classified as an "educational institution". Probably because of Ames close ties with Stanfurd. -- *** mike (starship janitor) smithwick *** "Some people say I'm arrogant. But I know better then them" - Mike Dukakis at the Al Smith Banquet [disclaimer : nope, I don't work for NASA, I take full blame for my ideas]