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From: hunt@tramp.Colorado.EDU (Lee Cameron Hunt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: NeXT illegal when used at home???
Keywords: illegal, FCC?
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Date: 14 Aug 89 19:33:37 GMT
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Hi again...

Recently I posted an article concerning purchasing a NeXT (as a student)
and using it at my apartment.  This is one of the responses I received:

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From John_Corey@NeXT.COM Mon Aug 14 12:31:27 1989
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From: John_Corey@NeXT.COM
To: hunt@tramp
Subject: Re: Graphics info wanted for the NeXT...
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
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Organization: NeXT, Inc.
Status: R

Presently, the NeXT system is not certified to be used in a
non-business enviroment.  Apartments are an example of places
which are off limits.  The problem is that the certification
has to be held up until the board is complete (the bus buffer
chip has still to be release.  The chip allows other manu-
factures to plug in cards with little work in the area
of the backplain interface).

baker

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   Perhaps I shouldn't be surprised by this.  I apologize to the
sender that I have not, as of yet, replied directly him as to the
exact reason for this home ban or any other details (I felt this
topic would be more fruitful as a public discussion).   I assume the
cause is the FCC (when "certification" is mentioned).  
   I know that the FCC is a hard master to please when it comes to
this certification as evidenced by the kludges and hacks I have seen 
on PC boards in order to achieve certification.  I also know that
certification takes time, and the FCC is a busy government agency.
But, I still thought that the NeXT was certified (I've sure heard
of enough people having them at home).
   So, it may be that my head has been in the sand and that this is
old news.  But if it isn't, I feel people should know about it.

--Lee