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Re: Instructions on modifying CPU board for multi-CPU NeXTcube

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From: Richard Tilley
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 08:00
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In <1ig7crINNj0a@clem.handheld.com> jmd@cube.handheld.com (Jim De Arras) writes:

>In article <C09tsv.2AJ@ccu.umanitoba.ca> tilley@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Richard  
>Tilley) writes:
>> 
>> I am using an 030 board to drive a NextPrinter under 2.1,
>> but have been unable to do this under 3.0.
>> 
>> The headless 030 boots fine but panics when it tries to start WindowServer.
>> Everything else works fine, but WindowServer is needed to run the printer :-(
>> 
>> Has anyone succeeded in getting a headless Next to print under 3.0?
>> 

>Yes, buy a sound box and install it on the display port.

Aha! Progress. But this solution will only work for a color NeXT.
Do the color slabs also panic without the sound box?

... Richard <tilley@tilley.cc.umanitoba.ca>
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