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Re: New Keyboard, ADB, NeXT, and the run-around

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From: nevin
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1992 16:42
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In article <1cmqhrINN25g@koh-sun3.usc.edu> rawyatt@koh-sun3.usc.edu (Robert  
Alexander Wyatt) writes:
> 
> Can anybody out there set me straight on the availability of an upgrade path
> for the new keyboard/mouse...I have a Station Color Turbo and read in
> NeXTWORLD that Color Turbo owners would be able to upgrade...then the ordeal
> began...I have spoken with four different people at NeXT, each of whom has
> told me something different...one said no upgrade policy...the second said
> - sure, get a new soundbox and startingpoint kit...the third said no
> way...and the fourth told me I would need a new motherboard, soundbox,
> startingpoint kit, and monitor...but he

OK!

NeXT recently mailed the following message to their Consultants mailing list.
I'm sure many people received it, and if it gets posted more than once, I 
apologize.

It details what's required for the ADB upgrade--and it came from NeXT!
And, after reading it, I can understand NeXT's reluctance to go full
steam ahead at upgrading old systems.



Begin forwarded message:

Hi All:

I have gotten a number of questions about upgrading an older NeXTstation Turbo  
or NeXTstation Turbo Color systems shipped with software release 2.2 with the  
new hardware (ADB monitor, ADB Sound box or ADB keyboard).

To run ADB hardware on an Older Turbo system the customer must:
	Upgrade the EPROM to version 74 or better.
	Upgrade the operating system to 3.0
	Replace the CPU to monitor cable.

	MONO system
		Replace the monitor to an N4000B
	Color system
		Replace the monitor to an N4005A or N4006.  
			(the majority of the N4001 will have a video
				problem with ADB)
		Replace the sound box to an N4004A
	Now you can plug in an ADB keyboard and ADB mouse.

--
Nevin Pratt, Digital Technology, Int'l    Orem, Ut
NeXTmail preferred, but ONLY at my REAL email address: nevin@dtint.dtint.com

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Subject: Re: New Keyboard, ADB, NeXT, and the run-around
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