toshi@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Toshi Kawanishi) (03/25/91)
In the November 1990 issue of Byte, an article on the new Next systems mentions a price-not-available device called the ColorConnect adaptor. This device is supposed to allow you to easily connect your own color monitor to the color slab. Anyone know if such a beast actually exists? If so, what's it cost?? Please post, since this info may save $$$ for people thinking of buying a Nextstation Color. /toshi (toshi@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu)
dejnsen@caen.engin.umich.edu (Nik Anthony Gervae) (03/25/91)
In article <1991Mar25.071042.5998@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> toshi@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu writes: > >In the November 1990 issue of Byte, an article on the new Next >systems mentions a price-not-available device called the >ColorConnect adaptor. > >This device is supposed to allow you to easily connect your own >color monitor to the color slab. > >Anyone know if such a beast actually exists? If so, what's it cost?? > >Please post, since this info may save $$$ for people thinking of buying >a Nextstation Color. > >/toshi (toshi@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu) I believe that's what the SoundBox was called back when--you get one with your color computer if you order the right configuration; otherwise it's around $125 retail, $88 developer price. That way you can forgo the NeXT monitor and get one of your own (68kHz I believe is the required scan rate) and just plug it in! (Yeah, right.) While I'm posting, has anyone heard anything about release 2.0 being made available on CD-ROM? That would conceivably make my backup options a lot less expensive. Especially if you could boot from it--it'd be slow as hell, but then the only reason I'd do it would be to rebuild a crashed HD; I've had crashes happen in the past and lost 1/3 of my files...I really don't want a repeat but can't afford any of the more expensive options, and from what I hear 2.0 on floppies isn't available (and would be even more of a hassle than BuildDisk from CD-ROM!). Have fun with your colorstation Nik -- / Nik Gervae aka dejnsen@caen.engin.umich.edu | "It'll be finished next week, \ | CS/Linguistics stud. & NeRD at UM (go blow) | I promise!"--me | | | | | **When all else fails, bug someone who knows | "Just say an iguana chewed | \ (not me!). | up your textbook."--Jason Fox /