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Re: NeXT in a different class than Apple and IBM (was: Shitty (educational

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From: Christopher Maeda
Date: Tue, 07 Apr 1992 14:38
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In article <1992Apr6.175204.3953@splunge.uucp> royce@splunge.uucp (Royce Howland) writes:
>
>It's easy to pull a NeXT out of the box and use it, as long as all you
>want to do is use it standalone and preconfigured.  But putting a modem
>on your box is not as simple as plugging in the cable and firing up your
>comm program, for example.  

Yes it is.  I plugged in my modem and ran kermit.  I've never had a problem.

-- 
Chris Maeda, Grad Student and RetroGrouch <cmaeda@cs.cmu.edu>
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Subject: Re: NeXT in a different class than Apple and IBM (was: Shitty (educational
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