6 Oct
1999
6 Oct
'99
7:53 a.m.
On Wed, 06 Oct 1999, Tom Owad wrote:
I had a NeXTStation TurboColor for a while, which required a sound box to
plug the keyboard, mouse, and monitor into. If the unit you're looking
at is anything like mine, it would be rather useless without that part.
This is true...By "standalone" I meant "with no other computers". A
NeXT
color station (turbo or otherwise) requires a sound box and a "Y cable" to run.
The Y cable connects to the base slab, the sound box, and the monitor. The
keyboard connects to the sound box (which is why it's required whether you want
sound or not).
The going rate for NeXT sound boxes on eBay is about $20.
-Dave McGuire
NeXTStations can indeed run standalone...just like
cubes...they just
don't have expansion slots.
Darn. OK, I'll remember that for next time. :)