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PERKINS TYLER R writes
> I sure don't want to spread misinformation, but I heard a rumour that
> NeXT will be comming out with a 40MHz NeXTStation sometime in October.
> It's supposed to be called the "Nitro"!

Sounds sort of like what I heard (minus the Nitro name).  I've heard that NeXT  
will supposedly have 'something good' in the way of new processing hardware and  
I also heard from a Chicago-based NeXT employee that it would be higher MHz  
machines (I don't know upon what chip this would be based).  I can't confirm  
this to not be a rumour (there might have been differences in what the NeXT-rep  
heard, what I heard, what this NeXT-rep meant, etc.)  so basically, even though  
I'm saying that I heard it from someone at NeXT, that isn't something that I'd  
gamble on.  With their track record of promises with hardware (NeXTdimension  
JPEG hardware anyone?) I'm not keen on basing big decisions on NeXT stuff until  
it's actually out.

> A colleague of mine is depending on its validity--postponing a purchase!

I would never recommend or make any buying decisions (given the current  
situation with NeXT turbo machines being readily available) based on news like  
this until it appears in the NeXT hardware catalog and is orderable.  
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In article <1992Oct1.215859.28568@ucsu.Colorado.EDU>  
perkins@spot.Colorado.EDU (PERKINS TYLER R) writes:
> I sure don't want to spread misinformation, but I heard a rumour that
> NeXT will be comming out with a 40MHz NeXTStation sometime in October.

It's not true.

M Carling
Director, Bay Area NeXT Group
General Manager, NetForce Inc.
--
"High tech is potent, precise, and in the end, unbeatable. The truth is,  
it reminds a lot of people of the way I pitch horseshoes. Would you  
believe some of the people? Would you believe our dog? Look, I want to  
give the high-five signal to high tech."
                          George Bush, 4/25/89

I think that October is too soon.
To my knowledge there are still some problems with the 40MHz '040.
As soon as these problems are fixed I'd expect a new NeXT, but not
by October. Maybe early '93. NeXT will stick with the '040 so I don't 
doubt they'll make a machine based upon the 40MHz flavor.

Eric

In article <1992Oct1.215859.28568@ucsu.Colorado.EDU>  
perkins@spot.Colorado.EDU (PERKINS TYLER R) writes:
> I sure don't want to spread misinformation, but I heard a rumour that
> NeXT will be comming out with a 40MHz NeXTStation sometime in October.
> It's supposed to be called the "Nitro"!

For your flaming pleasure, from Robert X. Cringely in Infoworld (10/5/92),  
with all the usual caveats that this is a rumor-based column:

	"...In the alternate worlds, other computing standards are  
probably dominant, which must be reassuring to Steve Jobs' NeXT Inc.,  
which is sure having a hard time making it this world.
	"The NeXT RISC Workstation (NRW) with its twin 88110s and  
sub-$10,000 price, still waits in the wings, though there is a chance that  
it may be delayed yet again as NeXT substitutes a 40-MHz 68040 box  
code-named Nitro and due in January.
	"NeXT's portable is done, too, if only Canon could ship its flat  
panel color displays. And NeXTSTEP 4.0 will get rid of the file system as  
we know it, substituting a databaselike approach using object storage  
technology from Object Design."

It's also been said that NeXT is the only company in Silicon Valley that  
leaks from the top. Hmmmmmmmmm........

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