New NeXTbus Form-Factor?

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2 total messages Started by Eskandar Ensafi Thu, 16 Apr 1992 17:57

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Author: 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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Re: New NeXTbus Form-Factor?

#1715

Author: Christopher M Songer
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 19:57

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esky@mayhem.icsl.ucla.edu writes:
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>1. Do you think that the 88110 CPU will be available as an upgrade to the cube?
[and other such "touchy" questions.]

Certainly anyone who knows the answer to these questions is not telling. 
There were a ZILLION posts earlier in the year about the remaining life
in the Cube. My only comments would be these: Any form factor which
NeXT moved to for NeXTbus would be smaller than the Cube form factor.
There is no reason for smaller cards not to fit in the Cube if NeXT
wants them to. As far as the Cube is concerned, the CPU board is just
another board in the backplane. Make your own guesses.

-Chris

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