Subject: boston area: next computers available saturday
To: None <port-next68k@netbsd.org, milo-lovers@mit.edu, netbsd-dev@mit.edu,>
From: Darrin B. Jewell <jewell@mit.edu>
List: port-next68k
Date: 05/14/1999 20:42:34
I have had a handful of NeXT computers donated to me with the
intention that I could get them to people that would make good use of
them. I tend to think that a good use is running and debugging
NetBSD/next68k, but that's just my slant on the problem.
To that end, if you would like a NeXT computer and can pick it up in
Central Sq., Cambridge Saturday afternoon, send me email.
I have rented a uhaul and need people to help load any remaining
computers into it. If you are in the vicinity of MIT, I can swing by
with the van and drop it off for you, provided that you come help load
the van.
I need help loading the van starting at 3pm on
Saturday afternoon at:
Boston Dynamics Inc.
614 Massachusetts ave,
Cambridge, MA 02139
(This is where I work and where the computers have been temporarily
stored) I can be reached by phone at 617-868-5600 x24.
Directions are available online: http://www.bdi.com/html/directions.html
Please send me mail if you can come help out.
I have about 8 mono monitors and a dozen working NeXTstations left, as
well as some extra motherboards, cases, keyboards and cables. More
notes on the machines:
. a few have a little memory and/or a small hard disk, but don't expect any
. there are no mice. There are instructions available on the net for
using a standard logitech bus mouse
. none of these machines are adb
. only non-turbo machines will currently run NetBSD due to the lack of
documentation for the dma controller. Of course, NeXTstep will
run on turbo machines.
. I have plenty of keyboards, monitor cables and power cables so I will
nclude the appropriate cables with each machine.
. the slabs and monitors have been tested. none of the mono-monitors
are spectacularly non-dim. many of the mono monitors are missing
their base "duck" stands.
. the cubes have not been tested, but the ones we've tried so far
worked.
. There are more machines than monitors. There are instructions
on the net for building a simple device to turn it on without a
monitor. (The power switch is on the keyboard which plugs into
the monitor on mono machines.)
. mono monitors are special, but color machines can probably deal
with a regular monitor with the right 13w3 gender bender.
Darrin