NeXTfiles Docs Hardware nextcube.pdf NeXTcube brochure ref See also NeXT Computer NeXTstation ... museum computer.asp?c 277 old computers.com NeXTcube http www.nextcomputers.org NeXTComputers.org NeXT Computer computer stub DEFAULTSORT Nextcube Category Computer workstations Category NeXT Category History of the Internet Category Steve Jobs de NeXTcube fa fr NeXT Cube it NeXTcube ja NeXTcube ... more details
Unsourced image removed Image ndbig.jpg thumb Unsourced image removed Image ndfront.jpg thumb NeXTdimension ND was an accelerated 32 bit color board manufactured and sold by NeXT from 1990 that gave the NeXTcube color capabilities with PostScript . The NeXTBus, a NuBus like implementation card was a full size card for the NeXTcube, filling one of four slots, another one being filled with the main board itself. The NeXTdimension featured S Video input and output, RGB output, an Intel i860 64 bit RISC processor at 33MHz for Postscript acceleration, 8 32MB RAM main memory and 4MB Video RAM VRAM for a resolution of 1120 832 at 24 bit color plus 8 bit alpha channel. An onboard C Cube CL550 chip for MJPEG video compression was announced, but never shipped. A handful of engineering prototypes for the MJPEG daughterboard exist, but none actually function. A stripped down Mach kernel Mach kernel was used as the operating system for the card. Due to the supporting processor 32 bit color Display PostScript on the NeXTdimension was faster than 2 bit grayscale Display PostScript on the NeXTcube. Since the main board always included the grayscale video logic, adding a NeXTdimension allowed the simultaneous use of two monitors. List price for a NeXTdimension sold as an add on to the NeXTcube was US 3,995. External links http www.vamp.org next www.vamp.org next Site for ND owners, featuring ND mailing list, ND faq and more http www.nextcomputers.org NeXTComputers.org NeXT Computer Category NeXT fr NeXTdimension ... more details
the world s first web server on the Internet . The NeXT Computer was superseded by the NeXTcube in 1990 ... from the CPU to boost the speed of common tasks. See also NeXTcube NeXTstation Power Mac G4 Cube ... computers.com museum computer.asp?c 277 old computers.com NeXTcube http www.nextcomputers.org NeXTComputers.org ... History of the Internet Category NeXT Category Steve Jobs de NeXTcube fr NeXT Cube it NeXTcube ja NeXTcube ... more details
Image NeXTstation.jpg right thumb 250px The NeXT MegaPixel Display, sitting on top of a NeXTstation with the original keyboard & mouse The NeXT MegaPixel Display was a range of Cathode ray tube CRT based computer monitor s manufactured and sold by NeXT for the NeXTcube and NeXTstation workstations. It was available in 17 and 21 models that were capable of resolutions up to 1120 x 832 at 92 dots per inch DPI . A microphone and Computer speaker speaker was also integrated into the later versions of the monochrome monitor s. Both were sold separately to the NeXT Computer workstation computer workstations . External links http www.nextcomputers.org NeXTComputers.org NeXT Computer Category NeXT computer stub ... more details
The NeXT RISC Workstation , or NRW , was an unreleased computer workstation designed by NeXT during the early 1990s as a successor to the m68k based NeXTcube and NeXTstation . Initially the NRW was to be based on the Motorola 88110 microprocessor , but due to a lack of confidence in Motorola s commitment to the 88k architecture, it was later redesigned around dual PowerPC 601 s. ref cite web title Hardware was great while it lasted work NeXTWORLD author Simson L. Garfinkel date March 1993 url http www.simson.net ref NeXT nextworld NextWorld Extra 93.03.Mar.NWE 93.03.Mar.NWExtra21.html accessdate 2007 04 30 ref ref cite web title Canon to buy NeXT factory, design center work NeXTWORLD author Dan Lavin date March 1993 url http www.simson.net ref NeXT nextworld NextWorld Extra 93.03.Mar.NWE 93.03.Mar.NWExtra07.html accessdate 2007 04 30 ref Pre production motherboards and enclosures were produced, but the NRW did not enter production before NeXT exited the hardware market in 1993. References reflist External links http www.nextcomputers.org NeXTfiles Images Rare NeXT Hardware NRW NeXT RISC Workstation Photos of NRW motherboard and enclosure Category NeXT Category Computer workstations compu hardware stub ... more details
The NeXT Laser Printer NeXT PN N2000 was a 400 Dots per inch DPI PostScript laser printer sold by NeXT from late 1988 to 1993 for the NeXTstation and NeXTcube workstation s and manufactured by Canon Inc. Canon . It included an adjustable paper tray, enabling it to print several paper sizes including A4 paper A4 , Letter paper size letter size , legal, and envelopes. It was very similar to other printers based on the Canon SX engine, such as the Apple LaserWriter II series and HP LaserJet II III, although those other printers only printed at 300x300 dpi. Some parts such as the toner cartridge and input paper tray are interchangeable with the HP LaserJet LaserJet II III . The printer used a proprietary high speed serial interface, and was essentially an early GDI printers WinPrinter although it was not Windows compatible , as it used the Display PostScript DisplayPostscript renderer in NeXTStep rather than a hardware PostScript renderer. Despite this it usually achieved close to its rated speed of 8 ppm, as the NeXTStation had a much faster CPU 25 or 33MHz 68040 and greater memory capacity up to 128MB in Turbo models than the rendering engines of contemporary printers. Because NeXTStep used DisplayPostscript extensively in its windowing system, the postscript rendering path was optimized Citation needed date July 2009 , and printed documents had a true output WYSIWYG corresponding to the screen. NeXT also produced a color inkjet printer, the SCSI SCSI I connected, Tabloid paper size Tabloid capable, 360 DPI Color Bubblejet model NeXT PN N2004 US N2005 UK , based on Canon BubbleJet technology. External links and references http www.levenez.com NeXTSTEP NeXTprinter.html NeXTprinter http www.levenez.com NeXTSTEP NeXTcolor Printer.html NeXT color printer http www.nextcomputers.org NeXTComputers.org NeXT Computer DEFAULTSORT Next Laser Printer Category NeXT Category Computer printers compu hardware stub ... more details
Infobox information appliance name logo image file NeXTstation.jpg 260px NeXTstation caption include if image is not a logo developer manufacturer carrier family type Workstation Workstation computer generation releasedate 1990 use Start date YYYY MM DD omit DD or MM DD if necessary lifespan price US 4,995 this is price at initial release, not the current price. discontinued 1993 unitssold unitsshipped media os NeXTSTEP , OPENSTEP , NetBSD limited support operating system power cpu Motorola 68040 storage memory 8 MB 32 MB br 8 MB 128 MB small Turbo small display graphics sound input location GPS or Wi Fi based controllers output camera touchpad connectivity service online service s offered dimensions weight topgame compatibility predecessor successor related website NeXTstation was a high end workstation workstation computer developed, manufactured and sold by NeXT from 1990 until 1993. It ran the NeXTSTEP operating system . The NeXTstation was released as a more affordable alternative to the NeXTcube at about US 4,995 or about half the price. Several models were produced, including the NeXTstation 25 MHz , NeXTstation Turbo 33 MHz , NeXTstation Color 25 MHz and NeXTstation Turbo Color 33 MHz . In total, NeXT sold about 50,000 computers not including sales to government organizations , making the NeXTstation a rarity today. ref cite web url http lowendmac.com next nextstation.html title NeXTstation publisher Lowendmac.com date accessdate 2012 02 08 ref The NeXTstation came with a NeXT MegaPixel 17 Computer monitor monitor with built in Computer speaker speaker s and a keyboard and mouse. It was affectionately known as the slab , since the flat shape contrasted quite sharply with the original NeXT Computer otherwise known as the cube . Specifications Keyboard Full stroke mechanical, 85 keys, Mouse 2 button opto mechanical Central processing unit Motorola 68040 , 25 MHz or 33 MHz Turbo Memory 8 MB 8 mebibyte MiB 12 MB for a NeXTstation Co ... more details
lowercase xBill Xbill is also a colloquial abbreviation for Crossbill . Image Gnome xbill level 20 gnome games 1.4.0.3 sshot20040803.png thumb right Gnome XBill level 20. Image XBill.png left XBill icon. XBill is an arcade style game for the X Window System . It was very popular among Linux gamers at the end of the 1990s , beating out Quake video game Quake , though not Quake II , as Linux Journal reader s favourite Linux game in 1999. ref http www.linuxjournal.com article 3731?page 0,3 1999 Reader s Choice Awards Linux Journal ref Written by Brian Wellington and Matias Duarte , ref name xbill http www.xbill.org ref the game features a bespectacled character known as Bill Gates Bill . Your goal is to prevent Bill s legions of clones from installing Microsoft Windows Wingdows , a computer virus virus cleverly designed to resemble a popular operating system , on a variety of computers running other operating systems. The operating systems are represented by logos shown on the computer screens. The computers you have to defend include personal computer PCs running Linux and BSD , SPARCstation s with Solaris operating system Solaris , Silicon Graphics SGI IRIX workstations, Apple Macintosh Apple Macs , Palm pilot s, and NeXTcube s. When Bill installs Wingdows onto a computer, its current operating system is placed beside it. Using your computer mouse mouse , you can slap Bill and drag discarded operating systems back to their computers. At the end of the level, you get points for every computer that is still running its original operating system. On later levels, computers are connected to each other with Local Area Network LAN cables, causing Wingdows to spread faster. Some computers may also catch fire. This can be cured by dragging buckets of water onto them. The game was later, deliberately ironically, ported to Microsoft Windows ref http www.azzit.de xbill XBill for Wingdows ref as well as to Mac OS X ref http mac.softpedia.com get Games XBill.shtml XBill Mac Softp ... more details
, renamed the NeXTcube , and the NeXTstation , nicknamed the slab, which used a Pizza box form factor ... processor hardware for the NeXTcube. The new computers were cheaper and faster than their predecessors, with the new Motorola 68040 processor. In 1992, NeXT launched Turbo variants of the NeXTcube and NeXTstation ... Carmack John Carmack used a NeXTcube to build two of his pioneering games, Wolfenstein 3D and Making ... used by the NeXTcube and NeXTstation. NeXT started porting the NeXTSTEP operating system to PC ... user interface s became more common after the 1988 release of the NeXTcube and NeXTSTEP ... more details
Infobox OS name NeXTSTEP logo screenshot File NeXTSTEP desktop.png 300px caption Nextstep graphical user interface developer NeXT family Unix like working state Historic is code base for OS X source model Closed source with some Open source components released September 18, 1989 latest release version 3.3 latest release date 1995 latest preview version latest preview date frequently updated marketing target language prog language C Programming Language C , Objective C updatemodel package manager supported platforms Motorola 68000 , Intel x86 , SPARC , PA RISC kernel type Hybrid kernel Hybrid userland ui Graphical user interface Graphical license Proprietary software Proprietary EULA preceded by succeeded by website NeXTSTEP also written NeXTstep , NeXTStep , and NEXTSTEP ref name kevra cite web url http www.kevra.org TheBestOfNext DifferentNeXTSpellings DifferentNeXTSpellings.html title What s with all the NeXT names? last Ford first Kevin year 2008 work www.kevra.org accessdate 2009 09 07 ref was the Object oriented operating system object oriented , computer multitasking multitasking operating system developed by NeXT NeXT Computer to run on its range of proprietary workstation computers, such as the NeXTcube . It was later ported to several other computer architecture s. A preview release of NeXTSTEP version 0.8 was shown at the launch of the NeXT Computer on October 12, 1988. The first full release, NeXTSTEP 1.0, shipped on September 18, 1989. ref name osxbook cite web last Singh first Amit title What is Mac OS X? url http osxbook.com book bonus ancient whatismacosx history.html work osxbook.com accessdate 18 April 2011 month December year 2003 ref The last version, 3.3, was released in early 1995, by which time it ran not only on the Motorola 68000 family processors used in NeXT computers, but also Intel x86 , Sun Microsystems Sun SPARC , and HP PA RISC based systems. NeXTSTEP was later modified to separate the underlying operating system from the higher level ... more details
generation NeXTcube was released in 1990, also. Jobs touted it as the first interpersonal computer that would replace the personal computer. With its innovative NeXTMail multimedia email system, NeXTcube ... to NeXTcube s magnesium case. ref name atheneum This put considerable strain on NeXT s hardware ... more details
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