7 Dec
2000
7 Dec
'00
5:46 a.m.
On Wed, Dec 06, 2000 at 09:55:11PM -0800, Mike Ford wrote:
What is the situation now for acquiring NeXTstep? I remember a few months
ago people acting like it was trivial and or free, but now I see copies
selling on eBay for $50 or more.
I'll publically announce (until such time as I get a cease-and-desist
order) that I'd be happy to make a copy of any of the following CD's
for the cost of shipping and blank CD-R media. I consider them to
be abandonware, and I'm sick of people not being able to get their
hands on fun old non-revenue-producing software.
I have:
* NeXTSTEP 3.3 for Intel/NeXT hardware (1 CD)
* NeXTSTEP DEVELOPER 3.3 for Intel/NeXT hardware (1 CD)
* NeXT Enterprise Object Framework 1.1 for Intel/NeXT hardware (1 CD)
* NeXTTIME 1.0 (the reverse engineered QuickTime for NeXT) (1 CD)
Contact me off-list if you would like any of these. Again, the price
is free + cost of blank media + cost of shipping to your address.
-Seth (sethm(a)loomcom.com)
* I know there are Intel, SPARC, and HP PA ports of
NeXTStep too,
but c'mon.. NeXTStep on NeXT.. it's just sacred! :)
Agreed. I think he'll find NeXTstep to be great. The absolutely