On Tue, 21 Aug 2001, Jeff Hellige wrote:
> >My cube doesn't have a floppy. I've been considering looking for
> >another faceplate (for a floppy cube), removing the OD and just haveing
> >a floppy. I never use the floppy on my slab, I usually use the zip in
> >the external housing.
>
> I wouldn't be suprised if Rob had a faceplate or two stashed
> away somewhere. I can see where you might not feel the need to get a
> floppy for it though since it'd be easy enough for you to do the OS
> installs using your slab. That's really the only thing I use my
> floppy for. I'm going to take an Apple CD300 case and paint it and
> the faceplate of a NEC CDR-1410A black to match the NeXT. It'll then
> be close in both style and color to the original NeXT CD-ROM but
> faster.
Can you write NeXT optical disks from another platform?
> >I did notice Rob had the N4000a's. I'm considering getting on as a
> >spare. Rob doesn't like to ship the 21" monitors, but my wife said she
> >would go on a road trip to Boulder to pick one up. It's only about
> >12-13 hours away from Dallas.
>
> My 17" color monitor is really heavy...I'd hate to think what
> the 21" NeXT monitors must weigh. I'm going to drop him a note and
> see how dim the ones that he has are.
Surprisingly, I think the 17" monitors are heavier than the 21". I have a
21" that isn't too bad to pick up (and I'm a pretty small guy), but is
lighter than my DEC VR297-DA 17" Trinitron.
Peace... Sridhar
> Jeff
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Received on Tue Aug 21 2001 - 14:53:13 BST