>
> COOL!
>
> I finally got a NeXT cube! I got it with a MegaPixel Display for $150.
>
> I have some questions. First, I'm assuming mine is a later revision
> because the motherboard has a date of 1990 on it. The CPU is a 68040.
> All my simm slots are filled up. How much memory does this mean it has?
>
> Now, I can't get the damn thing to boot up, because I can't figure out
> where to plug the keyboard into. I know this sounds stupid and all, but
> the keyboard connector is a round mini-DIN type with a peg in the center.
> The two connectors on the back that look like it would fit in (labeled 'A'
> and 'B') don't have a hole in the center for the peg to fit into, so they
> obviously aren't for the keyboard. Where does the keyboard go?
>
> Also, this looks like it has a hard drive in it, and it also has some sort
> of removable carthridge mass storage device in the front. It looks like
> it might fit a CD-ROM carthridge. Is this the case?
>
> I'd like to end this message with a public service announcement:
>
> Stupid People Should Not Be Allowed to Have Old Computers
>
> There was this lady selling this huge, desk-based computer system of some
> type. It had like a 21"x21" monitor, a full keyboard, a couple extra
> keypads with numbers and buttons and stuff, it had a 8" drive built into
> the desk, and it was some sort of testing system for something. I forgot
> what it was called an all that, but anyway, this lady, as stupid as they
> come, wanted $10,000 for this thing. Ok, now I know sometimes people just
> don't know what stuff is worth, but I'm sorry, nobody is going to pay
> $10,000 for an old computer system, I don't care how big and impressive it
> looks, and especially NOT at a swap meet. So I would like to have a law
> passed that says "Stupid people shall not be allowed to have old
> computers". It will be called the Stupid People with Computers Act.
>
> Any help on the NeXT cube would be appreciated.
>
> Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar_at_siconic.com
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>
Sam,
Look everywhere to find the keyboard port and the keyboard IS the
power switch! I think one of the key is that purpose.
NeXT is made to be simple and at same time POWERful.
Jason D.
Received on Sun Oct 05 1997 - 12:41:35 BST