13 Sep
1998
13 Sep
'98
2:50 p.m.
On Sun, 13 Sep 1998, Zane H. Healy wrote:
As the subject says I've got a couple of REALLY
basic questions. I picked
up my first NeXT box yesterday, and am getting ready to start playing with
it.
Great, congrats. NeXT is where my loyalties lie.
Is it safe to set the 17" monitor on top of the
box? The box seems
rather flimsy for that.
The box is die cast from magnesium. No worries.
Also is there anything I should be aware of when
initially powering
the thing on? Does it need to be attached to my network prior to
powering on?
No, although if the box was previously a network client, it may time out
looking for a Master NetInfo server that doesn't exist. That is mostly
easy to fix, though, so no worries. The ROM monitor can be accessed by
pressing command-command-tilde (comand bar-tilde if you have an ADB
machine) any time after the keyboard self-tests complete (the shift-lock
lights flash) and the machine may be booted into single user mode from
there if necessary.
Oh, and what's the story with the DSP port on the
back?
1.5 mbit serial interface to the machine through the onboard Motorola
56001 DSP. You could get ISDN and SIO interfaces, audio hardware, and
other things to plug into it.
Feel free to contact me with specific questions.
ok
r.