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In article <1992Sep30.065056.3407@muddcs.claremont.edu>  
wfp@jupiter.claremont.edu (W. Frank Price III) writes:
|> 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?
First off, they did ADB by changing the sound box. So mono slabs are
out of luck.

As for color machines, a complicating factor is that NeXT also went to 72hz
refresh when they did the ADB upgrade. The old 17" monitor doesn't do 72hz
and keep it's warranty (my local dealer says they can be tweaked but that
NeXT won't honor the warranty afterwards.)

The next problem is that ADB doesn't look like whatever NeXT was using
before, so the bootrom needs to know about it. The only machines that do
are those color turbos with serial #16000 and above.

So all in all I think the answer is "Sell your old NeXT and buy a new NeXT."
(which is what my dealer claims the local NeXT sales office told him I should
do with my _3 week_ old color turbo!)

NeXT would seem to be making some bad "loyalty pays" moves this year. I can
hear the OD owners already, "You didn't help us, so now they think they can
screw everyone." Sigh. I do wonder why NeXT felt the need to make the new
sound boxes force the monitor to 72hz, even an internal DIP switch would have
made quite a difference here. Or even a trace to cut like on some of the
Apple ]['s.

Scotty