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Re: Yet another confirmation of the demise of the '040 cube (was: Re: keyboard/mouse question)

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From: Sebastian Nightingale Cain
Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1992 19:08
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In article <_-tz6ck@rpi.edu> gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu (Garance A. Drosehn)  
writes:
> jeffo@uiuc.edu (J.B. Nicholson-Owens) writes:
> > Garance A. Drosehn writes
>     [on the question of upgrading a NeXTcube to support the new
>      ADB keyboard and mouse]
> > > 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.
> > Is buying a Turbo board possible (just the board for the cube, not
> > the cube shell itself)?  If so, how much is list price on that?

[...]
 
> It isn't on our price list (the price list for the store), but it might  
be  
> available from someone who is certified to do NeXT hardware servicing.
> 
> --
> Garance Alistair Drosehn     =     gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu
> ITS Systems Programmer            (handles NeXT-type mail)
> Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute;           Troy NY    USA

Lest we forget, putting a turbo board in an older cube renders your OD  
unusable, even though the software still supports it. (am I wrong here?)
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