Re: the NeXT, IIe motherboard upgrade?

[philip@utstat.toronto.edu (Philip McDunnough)]

In article <1992Dec9.171916.56648@slate.mines.colorado.edu> gdesroch@slate.mines.colorado.edu (DESROCHERS GARY FREDERIC) writes:
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>The NeXT needs special software to read Mac disks.  At least that is what
>the administrators manual says.  Never tried it myself.

Under 3.0 HFS is supported on the NeXT, including 1.44meg Mac floppies. Under
2.x you needed a program similar to Access PC, DOS Mounter or Apple's own 
version which reads PC disks. The software on the NeXT is called FloppyWorks.
Note that there is even a commercial product that will turn a NeXT task into
an AppleShare server and you have access to bi-directional printing as well.
 
The newer NeXT's now use ADB keyboards and mice.
 
Philip
philip@utstat.toronto.edu