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In article <1cmqhrINN25g@koh-sun3.usc.edu> rawyatt@koh-sun3.usc.edu  
(Robert Alexander Wyatt) writes:
> 
> Can anybody out there set me straight on the availability of an upgrade  
path for
> the new keyboard/mouse...I have a Station Color Turbo and read in  
NeXTWORLD that
> Color Turbo owners would be able to upgrade...then the ordeal began...I  
have

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In your case I "think" you only need the new sound box and keyboard.  Some  
computers need also an EPROM that needs to be replaced.  In some computers  
like the original monochrome NeXTstations you need the EPROM, new monitor  
that has is ADB compatible.  The conector from the Megapixel Display to  
the computer has NOT changed only the interface from the keyboard to the  
monitor or in the case of the NeXTstation color the interface from the  
keyboard to the sound box which is now ADB.  That's why in the color  
NeXTstations you need to replace only the sound box and not the megapixel  
display.

There are rumors because of the article in NeXTWORLD Magazine (I guess)  
that the motherboard had to be replaced but it's only the EPROM the one  
that has to be replaced and you may not even need it if you already have  
the new one.  The "new" ADB Monochrome Megapixel display is suppossed to  
be available some time "NeXT year".

WARNING: We have not done any upgrades here yet, so I have not confirmed  
that all this is true.

--
Ricardo J. Parada
Pencom Software
ricardo@pencom.com

In article <1cmqhrINN25g@koh-sun3.usc.edu> rawyatt@koh-sun3.usc.edu (Robert  
Alexander Wyatt) writes:
> 
> Can anybody out there set me straight on the availability of an upgrade path
> for the new keyboard/mouse...I have a Station Color Turbo and read in
> NeXTWORLD that Color Turbo owners would be able to upgrade...then the ordeal
> began...I have spoken with four different people at NeXT, each of whom has
> told me something different...one said no upgrade policy...the second said
> - sure, get a new soundbox and startingpoint kit...the third said no
> way...and the fourth told me I would need a new motherboard, soundbox,
> startingpoint kit, and monitor...but he

OK!

NeXT recently mailed the following message to their Consultants mailing list.
I'm sure many people received it, and if it gets posted more than once, I 
apologize.

It details what's required for the ADB upgrade--and it came from NeXT!
And, after reading it, I can understand NeXT's reluctance to go full
steam ahead at upgrading old systems.



Begin forwarded message:

Hi All:

I have gotten a number of questions about upgrading an older NeXTstation Turbo  
or NeXTstation Turbo Color systems shipped with software release 2.2 with the  
new hardware (ADB monitor, ADB Sound box or ADB keyboard).

To run ADB hardware on an Older Turbo system the customer must:
	Upgrade the EPROM to version 74 or better.
	Upgrade the operating system to 3.0
	Replace the CPU to monitor cable.

	MONO system
		Replace the monitor to an N4000B
	Color system
		Replace the monitor to an N4005A or N4006.  
			(the majority of the N4001 will have a video
				problem with ADB)
		Replace the sound box to an N4004A
	Now you can plug in an ADB keyboard and ADB mouse.

--
Nevin Pratt, Digital Technology, Int'l    Orem, Ut
NeXTmail preferred, but ONLY at my REAL email address: nevin@dtint.dtint.com

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Digital Technology Int.                (801)226-2984	
500 W. 1200 South, Orem UT, 84057      FAX (801) 226-8438

I'm assuming that Next WILL provide new EPROMS to all who want,
eventually, to buy a new Megapixel with ADB interface and new 
cable, based on the info they sent. Is this a correct assumption?