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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: mantisspider on November 11, 2003, 02:52:51 AM

Title: NeXT Machine. 68040 based box
Post by: mantisspider on November 11, 2003, 02:52:51 AM

Hi guys,

I just seen this NeXT thing on Ebay.
NeXT Computer on EbaY link (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2765187546&category=8101&rd=1)

I never seen one of these before... very interesting...
wonder what happened to them and if anyone ever bought any

Title: Re: NeXT Machine. 68040 based box
Post by: Effy on November 11, 2003, 04:30:39 AM

This is the info (http://www.next.de/next-faq.txt) that I found. Seems it looks a bit like AmigaDE ... but there are some line that refer to Windows95 so I guess it didn't become a winner, allthough Apple bought the software and implements it in its own stuff ...

Title: Re: NeXT Machine. 68040 based box
Post by: Wolfe on November 11, 2003, 05:54:44 AM

NeXT Cube.  Cool.  A lot of fun for the OS adventurer.  The first real Internet OS.  That machine new was around $10K.  Many parts of this OS can be found in Apples OS X.

I had one - sold it last year to upgrade my Amiga 1200.

Fun. . . . .  :-D

Title: Re: NeXT Machine. 68040 based box
Post by: Acill on November 11, 2003, 07:33:19 AM

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I never seen one of these before... very interesting...

Apple is what happened to them. Tat was Steve Jobs old company after he left Apple. He was doing real well at the time they were being made. The OS was even ported to Intel and a few other systems. Apple used the OS to make OS X and Steve Jobs moved back to Apple. They are great systems and a lot of fun.

Title: Re: NeXT Machine. 68040 based box
Post by: Effy on November 11, 2003, 07:39:40 AM

Found also this :

Apple cofounder Steve Jobs, who left Apple to form his own company, unveiled the NeXT. The computer he created failed but was recognized as an important innovation. At a base price of $6,500, the NeXT ran too slowly to be popular.

The significance of the NeXT rested in its place as the first personal computer to incorporate a drive for an optical storage disk, a built-in digital signal processor that allowed voice recognition, and object-oriented languages to simplify programming. The NeXT offered Motorola 68030 microprocessors, 8 megabytes of RAM, and a 256-megabyte read/write optical disk storage.

Title: Re: NeXT Machine. 68040 based box
Post by: mbilla on November 11, 2003, 09:47:21 AM

The hardware was sold to Mitsubishi or Canon (can't remember) and the OS was bought by Apple.
MAC OS X has taken over many ideas  from NextStep.
The NeXt was miles ahead of any computer at that time and therefore nobody wanted it because nobody was knowing how to really use it.
In fact it is the same fate that occured  to the Apple LISA computer. (Precedessor of Apple MAC).

I know thet the ministary of education in Luxembourg had it's offices equipped with NeXt computers.
bye Manou

Title: Re: NeXT Machine. 68040 based box
Post by: on November 11, 2003, 10:31:43 AM

AROS would be nice on this.  Maybe someone could buy it and lend it to the AROS team for a while? :-)

Title: Re: NeXT Machine. 68040 based box
Post by: Jope on November 11, 2003, 10:52:49 AM

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The first real Internet OS.

Yeppers.. Tim Berners-Lee coded the first www server and browser on a NeXT. :-)

That particular machine is in a museum now.

Title: Re: NeXT Machine. 68040 based box
Post by: mendark on November 11, 2003, 12:58:58 PM

Found this link on a 19something site:

http://online.sfsu.edu/~hl/c.nextstation.html (http://online.sfsu.edu/~hl/c.nextstation.html)