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

cain@silverblue.fac.cs.cmu.edu (Sebastian Nightingale Cain) writes:
> gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu (Garance A. Drosehn) writes:
> > jeffo@uiuc.edu (J.B. Nicholson-Owens) writes:
> > > 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.
> 
> 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?)

I am pretty sure you are correct.  You can't keep your internal OD drive if  
you move up to the Turbo board.  This might be an awfully good reason to  
*not* upgrade by buying a Turbo board, even if that did give you the ADB  
keyboard option...

What I'd like to see is some kind of converter, such that you could plug in  
an ADB keyboard on one side and take the other side and plug it into the  
plug (on the NeXT) for the old-style keyboard.  Does anyone know if this is  
feasible, or how much it would cost?  I already know a few people who would  
be interested in such a gadget, if it could be made.

For my purposes this gadget would not have to work with "any old" ADB  
device.  It would be fine if all the gadget could support was the new ADB  
keyboard and mouse that NeXT is selling.

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Garance Alistair Drosehn     =     gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu
ITS Systems Programmer            (handles NeXT-type mail)
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute;           Troy NY    USA