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Title: Cube Questions
Post by: DanB on February 07, 2022, 09:52:04 AM
Hi all, got inspired to dust off the old cube and power on for the first time in about 6 years.  It won't power on and I'm assuming the battery.  Some quick questions:

- What's the correct replacement battery?
- What are the various monitor cable lengths?  Mine is a measly 2ish feet?
- Is there any quick way to connect to a modern HDMI/DP monitor from my cube?

Appreciate the help!
Title: Re: Cube Questions
Post by: nuss on February 07, 2022, 02:38:28 PM
Hi DanB,

best information about battery can be found here: https://www.nextcomputers.org/forums/index.php?msg=24896

Monitor cable length sounds reasonable.

Is it a Dimension cube?

Cheers, Nuss
Title: Re: Cube Questions
Post by: DanB on February 07, 2022, 06:37:42 PM
Thanks Nuss!

I was able to find a (hopefully) suitable replacement battery which should arrive tomorrow.  The cube is mono, no Dimension (yet!!).

I would like to put some distance between the cube and the current CRT monitor if possible.

On Rob's photos and videos, he is using a flatscreen monitor.  Not sure if this is a special sync on green or if there's a cable or box that allows me to output on any modern display.
Title: Re: Cube Questions
Post by: Rob Blessin Black Hole on February 11, 2022, 05:44:36 PM
Hello Danb: I have them here  https://www.ebay.com/itm/273964546123   VGA works and you will need to use your sound card in the NeXT monitor or I sell brian archers 3rd party card for $149.95 . No sunche on green required as it is mono  2 bit grey scale but 4:3 not wide is recommended   . Best regards Rob blessin

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