Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!gatech!cwjcc!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!unmvax!pprg.unm.edu!hc!ames!lll-tis!helios.ee.lbl.gov!pasteur!agate!garnet.berkeley.edu!bmug From: bmug@garnet.berkeley.edu (BMUG) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: Re: Mouse cord nuisance from lap (was Re: Monitors: What Next?) Message-ID: <17717@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> Date: 3 Dec 88 07:29:46 GMT References: <948@riddle.UUCP> Sender: usenet@agate.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: bmug@garnet.berkeley.edu (BMUG) Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 20 In Article <948@riddle.UUCP>, domo@riddle.UUCP (Dominic Dunlop) says: >But then, Jobs has said that he has no plans whatever to export the cube... This seems to contradict the reason the 9600 V.32 modem was not included with the machine; i.e., because doing so would violate certain laws in other countries which stipulate that modems (and other devices which use telephone lines) be controlled, distributed, etc., by the governments. Next's decision to make available an addon box for the phone connection was to defuse this possible obstacle to foreign distribution of their workstation. Perhaps what Jobs meant was that he wouldn't export the cube beyond campus borders :-). John Heckendorn BMUG ARPA: bmug@garnet.berkeley.edu 1442A Walnut St., #62 BITNET: bumg@ucbgarne Berkeley, CA 94709 (415) 849-4357