[comp.sys.next] NeXTstation and harddisk questions

ls1i+@andrew.cmu.edu (Leonard John Schultz) (10/29/90)

I have three big concerns about buying a color NeXTstation.  If anyone
out there has seen one, perhaps they can enlighten me

1.  How does the display speed of a color NeXTstation compare to the 2
bit or the '030 NeXT?  I would think that the '040 handling 16 bits of
color would drastically slow down the machine, like I experience on my 8
bit MacII.

2.  Is there a way to switch the color NeXTstation from 16 bit color to
2 bit to increase the display speed?  I do this on my MacII when I need
responsiveness instead of color.

3.  If I buy a 500MB internal hard disk for my NeXTstation, how am I
going to initilize the thing and put boot software on it?  Once I remove
the 100MB internal, I don't think I can boot off the floppy to initilize
the hard disk.  How can I copy the boot software onto an empty disk if
it won't boot off the floppy?

Thank you much

Len Schultz
ls1i+@andrew.cmu.edu