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In article <BvpyCs.JKB@news.cso.uiuc.edu> jeffo@uiuc.edu (J.B.  
Nicholson-Owens) writes:
> A NeXT announcement states:
> > Because of the advantages of the new ADB keyboard and mouse, NeXT has
> > decided to support this system enhancement across the entire product
> > family.  The NeXTstation, NeXTstation Turbo, NeXTstation Color, 
> > NeXTcube Turbo systems along with the NeXTstation Color Turbo system
> > are now fully compatible with  NeXT's new ADB Keyboard and Mouse. 
> 
> I notice how NeXTcube non-turbo '040 machines are conviently left off
> the list of both being a part of the "entire product family" and being
> able to use ADB  products.

The ADB support is for new machines, ones you are buying today.  When it  
comes to NeXTcubes, you can not buy a new non-Turbo NeXTcube from NeXT  
(regardless of the keyboard option).

> Is there going to be a method by which '040 NeXTcube owners with  
> original MegaPixel monitors and 2nd generation keyboards (not the
> ones shipped with the first NeXTs in existence, and not the most
> recent ADB keyboards, the ones that have the UNIX keys in a bad
> place for UNIX people) can use this ADB connectivity?

I believe the official word (for the moment, at least), is "No".  That's an  
answer that applies to almost every NeXT that was sold before before these  
ADB options were announced.  It is not an answer that is unique to NeXTcube  
systems.  It's just that you can not buy a new (non-Turbo) NeXTcube these  
days, so that was left off the list.

I also believe the unofficial word is "Maybe, if you're willing to spend a  
few hundred bucks".  Not sure where I read that.  NeXTworld, maybe?

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