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Article #182New(ADB)Turbo w/ Old Starting Point?
From: Matthew M. Stecker
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1992 14:37
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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Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!think.com!ames!decwrl!concert!mattcube!matt From: matt%mattcube@mcnc.org (Matthew M. Stecker) Subject: New(ADB)Turbo w/ Old Starting Point? Message-ID: <1992Nov3.143746.8244@mattcube> Sender: matt@mattcube Reply-To: matt%mattcube@mcnc.org Organization: UNC School of Law, CC for NeXT Computer, Inc. Date: Tue, 3 Nov 1992 14:37:46 GMT Lines: 31