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spagiola@frinext.stanford.edu (Stefano Pagiola) writes:

>Eric P. Scott writes
>[good arguments about why ethernet should be kept and why it doesn't  
>add much - if anything - to a NeXT's cost deleted]

>Keep in mind that not all people's needs are identical.  Look at the  

One more thing I hadn't included in the last post that I had meant
to - you sometimes never know what you will need/want in the future.
Having ethernet built-in means a couple of things:
- If you ever need to rebuild your machine, you can take it to a
networked site and netboot with little trouble (arguable, but you
never know)
- You might want to have another machine in the future, whether it
is a PC, or another NeXT and may want to share files.  I share files
all the time between my 386 machine and my cube. (incredibly cheap
ethernet card in the PC)
- Like EPS said, ethernet added into a NeXT probably costs <$30, by
my guess. Certainly less then $100 in raw parts, since you can get a
PC ethernet card for that, albeit not a fast 32-bit one like the
NeXT has.
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