rob@LL.MIT.EDU (Rob Steele) (05/10/91)
I have two cubes and one monitor. Can I run one of them without attaching the monitor? (I RTFM--did I miss it?) ------------------------------------------------------- Rob Steele rob@ll.mit.edu MIT Lincoln Laboratory 244 Wood St. What is man that thou Lexington, MA 02173 art mindful of him? 617/981-2575
jchin@wimsey.bc.ca (Joseph Chin) (05/10/91)
In article <9105091404.AA02432@LL.MIT.EDU> rob@LL.MIT.EDU (Rob Steele) writes: >I have two cubes and one monitor. Can I run one of them >without attaching the monitor? (I RTFM--did I miss it?) > >------------------------------------------------------- >Rob Steele rob@ll.mit.edu >MIT Lincoln Laboratory >244 Wood St. What is man that thou >Lexington, MA 02173 art mindful of him? >617/981-2575 Depends on the power supply in your NeXT cube. Power supplies in older cubes require that monitors be plugged in before powering up. These power supplies expect certain amount of load to be present before it will operate. I don't have the parts number handy, but you can find out by simply powering up your cube with the monitor attached, go into the ROM Monitor before the system boots up, unplug the monitor. If the system stays on, then your cube has a newer power supply which will run without the monitor attached. Otherwise, you're out of luck! Last time I talked to NeXT about this, there is NO plan for power supply upgrade. :-) Joe jchin@van-bc.wimsey.bc.ca -- ************************************************************** * "Kill the body and the head will die" (Hunter S. Thompson) * * NeXT --> The ultimate electronic publishing platform! * ********** Joseph Chin --> jchin@van-bc.wimsey.bc.ca *********
ta-aca@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Andrew C. Athan) (05/12/91)
The newer Cubes will run without a monitor plugged in, however, you might need to disable the sound test in the ROM monitor (do a "help" and then use th ecommand that lets you see the bootup parameters .. I think its "p"). aca // Email: ta-aca@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu OR athan@cs.columbia.edu