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New(ADB)Turbo w/ Old Starting Point?

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From: Matthew M. Stecker
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1992 14:37
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It's too long a story to get into the details, but suffice it to say that
I have a client who would like to be able to purchase a new Turbo Slab
(mono, ADB equipped) and attach it to an older (vintage first slabs) MegaPixel, 
Keyboard and Mouse.  

My sense is that this would work - something about an ADB sense pin.

Can anyone confirm this?  If this does work, NeXT should be applauded for
keeping this backward compatibility.  I don't want to get involved in the
whole ADB upgradability issue here, but suffice it to say that I really
like (I'd underline 'really like', but I similarly don't want to be involved
in the whole RTF controversy) the original keyboard and mouse.  

I have grown greatly accustomed to the original NeXT keyboard and mouse and  
would like to continue using them with newer equipment.  I gather from reading
the net lately that I'm supposed to be suffering from some terrible health
ailments as a result of this preference, but after 4-5 hours of use
each and every day for the past three years, everything seems to be holding
up just fine.  In fact, whenever forced to use a keyboard on any other 
machine (and I work with quite a few), I am always left bugged by how
'cheap' other keyboards feel.  

Many thanks.

Matthew
-- 
matt stecker			|	This is my NeXT Computer
NeXT Campus Consultant,		|	There are many like it,
UNC School of Law		|	but this one is mine.
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From: matt%mattcube@mcnc.org (Matthew M. Stecker)
Subject: New(ADB)Turbo w/ Old Starting Point?
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Date: Tue, 3 Nov 1992 14:37:46 GMT
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