21 Aug
2001
21 Aug
'01
4:23 p.m.
I have recently purchased several 12x Toshiba CD-ROMs that were already
painted a satin black. But for the cube, I have an original NeXT
CD-ROM. I've even collected a bunch of NeXT logo power cords and SCSI
cables. I'm going to check with Rob when I finalize plans to make the
trip concerning the floppy faceplate.
It's not the weight that is the problem with shipping, it's the fact
that they almost never make the trip in one piece. He says that both
FexEx ground and UPS seem to take the opportunity to drop test cartons
when ever he ships a 21" monitor.
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.
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.
Jeff
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