Path: lrz-muenchen.de!fauern!news.th-darmstadt.de!News.Uni-Marburg.DE!news.belwue.de!news.ipc.uni-tuebingen.de!seicom.de!xlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!hookup!news.mathworks.com!panix!cmcl2!yale.edu!yale!laplace!nathan From: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: NeXT-Hardware-General-FAQ Followup-To: comp.sys.next.misc Date: 6 Mar 1995 08:39:14 GMT Organization: Yale University, Department of Computer Science, New Haven, CT Lines: 144 Approved: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu Expires: Fri, 7 Apr 1995 00:00:00 GMT Message-ID: <3jehni$c4q@babyblue.cs.yale.edu> Reply-To: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: laplace.csb.yale.edu Summary: Frequently Asked Questions about NEXTSTEP and NeXT machines. Originator: nathan@laplace Archive-name: NeXT-Hardware-General-FAQ Last-modified: Mon Mar 6 03:03:59 EST 1995 Version: 3.1 These FAQs are under significant construction, and may well change form and content over the next weeks. These FAQs focus on various aspects of OpenStep, NEXTSTEP, and NeXT machines. The FAQs are kept on-line at several ftp sites, including: cs.orst.edu sonata.cc.purdue.edu Many FAQs, including these, are available (www, ftp, email) on the archive site rtfm.mit.edu in the directory pub/usenet/news.answers. The name under which this FAQ is archived appears in the Archive-nameline above. Within each section each question will be preceded by a "Subject:" field, allowing news readers to break up the file into separate questions. Each question has its own unique number. Items that appear within sections are not in any particular order, and get added and removed over time. Questions marked with a "+" are new to this issue, and questions with changes since the last issue are marked by a "!". Submissions, corrections, comments, input, etc., should be directed to Nathan Janette . Some important NEXTSTEP & OpenStep Information WWW sites: NeXT, Inc. http://www.next.com/ NeXTanswers http://www.next.com/NeXTanswers/ Stepwise NEXTSTEP/OpenStep Information Server http://digifix.digifix.com/ TABLE OF CONTENTS: ------------------ K1. Where to obtain hardware service, parts, or used systems? K2. What types of NeXT machines were manufactured? ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: K1. Where to obtain hardware service, parts, or used systems? [Jeff Hite jeffh@ludwig.cc.uoregon.edu] USA hardware service has been purchased by Bell Atlantic. They will be supporting the Authorized Service Centers and are selling extended warranty contracts. Bell Atlantic Computing Technology Services Voice: 800 499 6398, or 800 848 NeXT Fax: 510 732 3078 [From: dbrad@ucdmath.ucdavis.edu (David Bradford)] Pixelated Technologies 1-800-749-3563 & 310-459-6831 James Moosmann E-mail: moose@moose.pdial.interpath.net 255 Camelot Rd. Salisbury NC 28147 Phone/FAX: (704)633-8885 Dancing Bear Enterprises 590 Lipoa Parkway Kihei, Maui, HI 96753 808-875-2456 808-874-3650 fax 800-221-2217 toll free orders@dancingbear.com sales@dancinbear.com info@dancingbear.com ftp://ftp.maui.com/pub/dancingbear/index http://www.maui.com/~dancingbear/ Samuel M. Goldberger/smg@orb.com Spherical Solutions 47 Myrtle Avenue Mill Valley, CA 94941 415-383-2919--voice 415-381-9556--fax ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: K2. What types of NeXT machines were manufactured? There are two packagings: a cube, and a station. NeXTcube systems: 1. 68030-25 2-bit grayscale (NeXT Computer) 2. 68040-25 2-bit grayscale (NeXTcube) 3. 68040-33 2-bit grayscale (NeXTcube Turbo) 4. NeXTdimension board adds 32-bit color (i860) to any of above systems Cube systems can use any of the boards. With hacks, multiple independent CPU boards can run in one cube. NeXT Computer systems have room for 2 full-height 5.25" internal devices with a wide slot for an Optical Disk drive(s) in either position. NeXTcube systems also have room for 2 full-height 5.25" internal devices with a wide slot for an Optical Disk drive in the lower position, but have additional mounting holes for 1/2-height devices, and have a floppy slot at the top position. NeXTstation systems: 1. 68040-25 2-bit grayscale (NeXTstation) 2. 68040-33 2-bit grayscale (NeXTstation Turbo) 1. 68040-25 16-bit color (NeXTstation Color) 2. 68040-33 16-bit color (NeXTstation Color Turbo) NeXTstation systems have room for two 1/2-height 3.5" devices, with a floppy slot at the side. It is possible to add another internal device; see the FAQ. ____________________________________________________________________________ Editor: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu -- Nathan Janette Systems Manager, Axel T. Brönger Lab Internet: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu