we have one of the NeXT cube looking computer, a monitor and a NeXT laser printer. looking for an archive stash of advertising lit. and graphics we can use to build a display around this hardware. Suggestions? Thanks Ed Sharpe _www.smecc.org_ (http://www.smecc.org) In a message dated 5/29/2015 8:23:20 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, ape...@snowmoose.com writes:
I am running OPENSTEP on an Axil 320 (SPARCstation 20 clone) with 416M of memory and a 60MHz SuperSPARC processor (sadly OPENSTEP (at least the version that I have) only supports one of the two processors in the system). The system runs OPENSTEP very well. alan On 5/28/15 8:20 AM, Sean Caron wrote: > It was always my experience ... I think NeXTstep had a reputation of being > a little balky on the proprietary NeXT hardware. I am fortunate to have a > decent swath of their product line ... an original '030 Cube, a Color slab > and a Turbo Color slab and even on the Turbo slab with 32 megs RAM and a > 7200 RPM drive, NS 3.3 gets laggy. > > Slow as it is, the entire package has certainly got some class and it's > something to revel at, of course. > > Can you even run Openstep on the NeXT proprietary hardware? The performance > must be awful... I halfway thought NS 3.3 was the last revision they would > run ... 3.3 should be pretty common in the wild because NeXT was giving it > away for free with a valid NeXT serial number about 15 years ago as a Y2K > mitigation strategy :O I run 3.3 on all my NeXTs, even the '030 Cube. > > If you really want to see NeXTstep 3.3 fly, people say it's great on the HP > 9000/712 :O > > Best, > > Sean > > > On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 1:54 AM, Brian Archer <archer...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I think you'll find the best upgrade for it besides the RAM is a faster >> hard drive. Also I wouldn't go higher than nextstep 3.3. Blackhole ( >> http://www.blackholeinc.com) is your best bet for the stand. If this is >> the >> one from eBay, would you mind sharing more details/pics of that next logo >> motherboard box? I've never seen one before. >> >> Thanks, >> Brian Archer >> >> On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 12:42 AM, Steven Stengel <tost...@yahoo.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Just acquired a NeXT 68040 cube computer. It's way cool, but the >>> responsiveness is unimpressive - I'd call it pokey. >>> >>> All 16 RAM slots are full for 16MB, but sixteen 4MB RAM sticks may help >>> the speed. >>> >>> It has an internal HD, as well as the magneto-optical drive. >>> >>> One things it's missing is the monitor stand - does anyone have a spare >>> stand for a NeXT N4000A monochrome monitor? >>> >>> Thanks- >>> Steve. >>> >>> >>> >>> >
