New NeXTbus Form-Factor?

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From: Eskandar Ensafi
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 17:57

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Hi,

With all the rumors about the 88110 RISC workstation, something seems to have  
slipped peoples' minds -- NeXT seems to be planning to chnage the NeXTbus.  So  
are all cube owners basically screwed?  Are there any rumors that I haven't  
heard yet or does anyone know anything more?

1. Do you think that the 88110 CPU will be available as an upgrade to the cube?
2. What about the NeXTbus -- if NeXT uses a single NBIC chip to control it,  
then wouldn't upgrading be as easy as getting a new chip, provided that both  
the connectors on the backplane and the chip have the same connections as the  
25 MHz NBIC they use now?

Thanks.
Eskandar.

esky@marathon.cs.ucla.edu
esky@mayhem.icsl.ucla.edu

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