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wfp@jupiter.claremont.edu (W. Frank Price III) writes:
> marauder@wam.umd.edu (Joe Jacobson) writes:
> > 	Just read the Winter 92 issue of NeXTWORLD.  I see that NeXT has
> > finally gotten around to using ADB devices. 
> 
> So for those who get their copies of NeXTWORLD third hand about
> three weeks late, what is the deal on the new keyboard for those
> with old systems?  For example, can I just plug the new keyboard 
> into my NeXTStation, or do I have to get a new NeXT for the ADB?

It depends on what NeXT you own.

If you own a greyscale NeXTstation, a color NeXTstation, a greyscale Turbo  
NeXTstation, or a plain NeXTcube, the answer is No.  You can't use the new  
ADB keyboard/mouse combination.

If you have the older 17" color monitor (which NeXT now calls the "Fimi"  
monitor), the answer is No.  You can't use the new ADB keyboard/mouse.

If you have a Turbo color NeXTstation or a Turbo NeXTcube with a 21" color  
monitor, you may be able to get the new keyboard and mouse combination.  It  
depends on the serial number of your machine.
 	 NeXTstation Color Turbo above ABC-0016000
 	 NeXTcube Turbo above ABA-6000
could upgrade to the new keyboard/mouse combination.  You would have to buy  
both a new Sound Box and a new Starting Point Kit (which is the keyboard &  
mouse combination).  Total cost at list price would be about $350.

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Garance Alistair Drosehn     =     gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu
ITS Systems Programmer            (handles NeXT-type mail)
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute;           Troy NY    USA