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In article <1hs0e4INNiu5@agate.berkeley.edu> slouie@ocf.berkeley.edu (Shelley Louie) writes:
>We've got an old, old '20 cube running (cough) NS 1.0 and want to upgrade it
>a bit. The problem is that I called up the people at NeXT and they told me
>that I can do one of two things;
>

Do you mean '030?  I wasn't aware of an '020 board!


>1: Upgrade to the new turbo 33MHz '40 board, add a new CD-ROM (the optical
>   won't work with NS 3.0), an internal floppy, and some memory. That'll let
>   us use NS 3.0.
>

Actually, 3.0 will work with your '030, but not very well (it is optimized
for '040s).  3.0 does support the optical drive, BUT the 33Mhz board doesn't.
The CDROM is a good thing to have, as is a floppy.  One can NEVER have too
much memory, regardless of the OS/CPU.

>Or...
>
>2: Upgrade to the new turbo 33MHz '40 board and get NS 2.2. The optical will 
>   still work and the price is definately lower.
>

This is incorrect information.  The 33Mhz board DOES NOT support the OD,
regardless of the OS.  The 33Mhz board lacks the OD connector and support   
chip.  The only way around this is to save your 030 board and send it to
Spherical Solutions and allow it to run as  a slave CPU concurently with
your Turbo board.  This way you can run your OD from the 030 slave while
running your 33Mhz board for other tasks.

>The questions I have is "what do you think about these two setups?" and 
>"is there a better solution?" I've got a limited budget so the price does
>make a difference (ie. the cheaper the solution the better), but I can always
>push for more funds.
>

Personally, I'd send the 030 card to SS and go with solution 1.  You'll want
the CDROM and need a floppy drive anyway.  3.0 offers quite a few advantages
over 2.x (Mac/Novell support and better faxing, etc).  You can always purchase
a cheap CDROM drive through a 3rd party (NEC comes to mind).

>I'd prefer it if you could email your responses, but post if you feel you must.
>If there is an outcry (yeah, right), I'll post the collected answers. 
>

Sorry, I thought others in a similar predicament might benefit form this.
(actually, I was answering this question by question and I just came across
this at the last moment...)

>Thanks a ton!
>

No problem, that is why we are here.


>-Shelley Louie
>slouie@ocf.berkeley.edu -or- shelley@lurnix.com
>Digital is illusion. Life is analog.

David L. Leon
dleon@seas.smu.edu