gt2186a@prism.gatech.EDU (COBIA,FRANK NAYLOR) (02/06/91)
I have been looking at the NextStation machines and have pretty much
decided to get one. I can afford a NextStation (monochrome) now and can
not decide whether that is good enough although I would assume that all
Next applications are in black and White. I am running UNIX on a PC and
have been collecting programs off the internet, because I do not have much
money, so I would want to be able to port those programs to the Next. Is
this easy to do or is the Next somewhat incompatible with other versions
of UNIX. Also, I have seen some postings about buying an 030 Cube for
$2300 and up grading it. At educational prices this would allow me to
build a monochrome Cube for about the price of a monochrome NextStation.
Would this be a better Idea or am I missing something. Last, are OS upgrades
being help up as much as the 040 boards.
It would be helpful if I could get some comments on this from people who
know more than I do.
ps. Is the 040 upgrade option a limited time only or can I wait until I
save up enough money.
Thanks
Frank Cobia
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