bennett@mp.cs.niu.edu (Scott Bennett) (02/17/91)
In article <9546@uwm.edu> xepo@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Scott R Violet) writes: > > Hello, all of you Next computer people. I am thinking of purchasing a >NextStation and have a lot of questions that can only be answered by other >Next users. What I plan on using the Next for is to Develop software and >other related things, and also for dreaded school work. >So here they go. >1) Is the 105mb hd and 8mb of memory adaquate, or is that asking just to much ^^^^^^^^ Very nice pun. :-) > of the next machine. >2) [text deleted --SJB] >8) I have heard that the Next drive are quite expensive and that it is > usually best to order hard drives from other companies, is this true?? Yes. >9) How much room is left for the user on a 105mb system??? Well, that depends on how big a user you are. :-) From the looks of some of your earlier questions, I'd say forget it. Unless either a) your machine will be on a network where a server is available for the rest of the software and any files you want to create or b) you use only a few applications and do no programming, a single, 105MB disk just isn't anywhere in the ballpark. > > Well this seems like the end of the questions for now, you don't have >to post the message to here, but if you want you can. Otherwise e-mail >me at xepo@csd4.csd.uwm.edu. > Thanks, Scott 'xepo' Violet Scott Bennett, Comm. ASMELG, CFIAG Systems Programming Northern Illinois University DeKalb, Illinois 60115 ********************************************************************** * Internet: bennett@cs.niu.edu * * BITNET: A01SJB1@NIU * *--------------------------------------------------------------------* * "WAR is the HEALTH of the STATE" --Albert Jay Nock (I think:-) * **********************************************************************