b645zai@utarlg.utarl.edu (Jay Finger) (09/29/90)
I'm considering buying a slab, but before I do I need to get some questions answered. Some are rather mundane, some aren't: 1: What kind of printers can I use? I've been told that the OS includes support for HP LaserJet IIs (don't know if he meant 1.0 had it or it's new in 2.0). If this is true does the NeXT still do the rasterizing internally and then send the bitmap out? How long does that take? 2. If LaserJet IIs are supported does that mean DeskJets will work too? 3. For non-NeXT PostScript printers: does the PostScript code get sent to the printer, or is the image rasterized internally and sent out as a bitmap (yeah, I know full well the latter would be really insane, but you never know :-) 4. Are the slabs more tollerant of the brand, version, etc of hard drive that is connected than the 030 cubes were? 5. If a hard drive provides internal support for multiple partitions (I think that's built into the SCSI protocol somehow, and not just implemented in software like on a PC) will the NeXT take advantage of them? Will BuildDisk let me set up the partitions or do I need to do that on a Mac. The reason I'm interested in this is that I don't want to have to mount an entire 330 or 660 MB drive all at the same point. 6. Is a full complement of manuals included in the base $3300 price tag (or whatever your school sells 'em for), or are manuals separate. If the latter, are man-pages complete enough that one could print the full set of manuals (given enough paper :-) I'm particularly interested in programmer's docs here, not something that tells me what the OK button in the print dialog does. 7. I've seen this asked before, but I haven't seen an answer yet. I need to be able to hook up a modem to be able to talk to local mainframes, etc. I'm not talking about telneting or ftp, just stupid, boring modems like you use on a PC. Reply be email, I'll summarize and post if there's interest. Thanks in advance, Jay Finger b645zai@utarlg.utarl.edu