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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.
>> 
>> So it would seem, therefore, that if all the old NeXT machine owners
>> want ADB support, they must purchase a Turbo machine or is there
>> some way for cube owners to trade in their old CPU board for a
>> discount on a Turbo board?

>At the moment there are no official upgrade paths for someone who wants the  
>ADB option.  You can probably buy an upgrade to a turbo board, but I don't  
>think there are any discounts on that, and I must admit I don't know if that  
>will give you the ADB support you want.

The ADB support is in the N4000B MONITOR.  So, theoretically, if you
were to sell you N4000A monitor from your old cube/station and buy a
N4000B monitor, you could use an ADB keyboard.  This is unofficial,
as I have never heard anyone say you can do this.
BTW, the N4000B monitors aren't supposed to ship until the end of
October at least.

>This may all change soon, and NeXT seems eager to switch over to the ADB  
>world, and thus they may have some other options available in the next month  
>or so.  I must also admit I haven't read *this* month's announcements from  
>NeXT yet, so there may already be some options that I'm not aware of.

>> 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.

You can buy it from NeXT Service, but it's not intended as an
upgrade.  It's only for Authorized Service Providers who have broken
turbo cubes.
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