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Started by Steve Rikli
Mon, 12 Oct 1992 21:04
internal/external CD-ROM, '040 turbo upgrade
Author: Steve Rikli
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 21:04
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 21:04
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Is it possible to obtain an internal cdrom drive for the NeXTcube? The only option our campus microcomputer center has is the external. Given my choice, I would like to pull the floptical drive entirely, and just replace it with either the 2.88MB floppy disk or the cdrom drive, preferably the latter. Is this at all possible? Also, my cube has one of the first '040 boards in it, I'm assuming therefore that it's 25MHz. Is there an upgrade path to migrate to the 33MHz? cheers, sr. -- || Steve Rikli ||| Visualization Lab || || steve@archone.tamu.edu ||| Texas A&M University || || (409) 845-3465 ||| College Station, TX 77843-3137 ||
Re: internal/external CD-ROM, '040 turbo upgrade
Author: Robert C Duvall
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 03:35
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 03:35
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I have talked to both NeXT and NeXTConnection and neither offers an internal CD-ROM drive. In fact, the drive that NeXT makes has a larger footprint than the cube! rcd
Re: internal/external CD-ROM, '040 turbo upgrade
Author: Mark Adler
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 04:49
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 04:49
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>> CD-ROM drive. In fact, the drive that NeXT makes has a larger >> footprint than the cube! Well, it's not *that* big. It would take two side-by-side to be (slightly) larger than the footprint of a cube. The dimensions are about seven inches by 12.75 inches, so two would be about 14x13 inches, and the cube is 12x12 inches. Though I agree that the thing is perhaps a little oversized. It would be nice if NeXT put the floppy and CD slots on the monitor ... mark adler
Re: internal/external CD-ROM, '040 turbo upgrade
Author: Ryan J Kucera
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 16:48
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 16:48
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In article <1992Oct12.210453.8885@tamsun.tamu.edu> steve@snoopy.tamu.edu (Steve Rikli) writes: > Also, my cube has one of the first '040 boards in it, I'm assuming therefore > that it's 25MHz. Is there an upgrade path to migrate to the 33MHz? I just got my turbo upgrade for my cube. I don't remember the item number, it took me awhile to actually get it. It's a service part. I got the item number from next. Havein the turbo with the dimension, makes things a lot quicker! Ryan Kucera
Re: internal/external CD-ROM, '040 turbo upgrade
Author: Garance A. Drosehn
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 03:25
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 03:25
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steve@snoopy.tamu.edu (Steve Rikli) writes: > Is it possible to obtain an internal cdrom drive for the NeXTcube? Not that I know of. > Given my choice, I would like to pull the floptical drive entirely, Presumably you mean your optical drive, the drive that came with the original NeXTcube. A "floptical" is a different medium, which is closer to being a 2.88meg floppy disk than a optical drive. > and just replace it with either the 2.88MB floppy disk or the cdrom > drive, preferably the latter. Is this at all possible? If you get your service provider to play around with parts, you can replace your optical drive with a 2.88meg floppy drive. We did it for someone here at RPI, whose optical drive just plain died. To do it "right" isn't exactly cheap, because you end up having to buy a whole bunch of parts from NeXT. I forget the exact details, but I do remember that it ends up costing more than (I personally think) it was worth. -- Garance Alistair Drosehn = gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu ITS Systems Programmer (handles NeXT-type mail) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Troy NY USA
Re: internal/external CD-ROM, '040 turbo upgrade
Author: Richard Tilley
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 06:47
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 06:47
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>Well, it's not *that* big. It would take two side-by-side to be >(slightly) larger than the footprint of a cube. The dimensions are >about seven inches by 12.75 inches, so two would be about 14x13 >inches, and the cube is 12x12 inches. >Though I agree that the thing is perhaps a little oversized. It >would be nice if NeXT put the floppy and CD slots on the monitor ... Sun's is 9 5/8 x 10 3/8 HP's is 8 x 9 -- This space is not blank!
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