26 Jun
1998
26 Jun
'98
1:30 p.m.
The latter (Sam Goldberger) is in Mill Valley,
California. I think
Deep Space is in New Mexico. There used to be some guy on the east
coast but he seems to have disappeared... odd since he seemed to have
most of the CIA inventory.
And what, prey tell, is so odd about that? ;-)
Since I'm an Openstep developer, in my mind they
aren't really
antiques... though the CPU clock rates are low by todays standards
they still perform very well for day-to-day use because the software
(OS, application framework and display mode) layers were engineered
very efficiently. The platform is just barely ten years old and
still very modern if not futuristic.
Yep. I actually think that Apple could appeal more to the design market by
releasing a new PPC based NeXT. That would give the platform a significant
boost. Especially becasue I've heard that Apple's going to be making
$500-$1500 devices. PPC NeXTs could sell for well over $5-$10, even for a
lower-end one.
The "PrinterWorks" I believe, still sells
laserprinters for them.
With these, you can essentially turn a NeXT Cube or station into a
Win 95/NT printing engine via Samba networking, have it run your web
server, and use it to run many applications that would make both
Windows and plain old Unix jealous if they were jealous kinds of
Operating Systems.
Sounds cool. But getting more and more off topic...
If all else fails, there's also
comp.sys.next.marketplace, where
everyone is trying to sell what they have right now.
ALL RIGHT!!! There's a NeXT in my future!
Collectable items include extra DSP memory, the ancient
ISDN modem
that worked through the DSP port, Ariel Digital Microphones, Digital
Ears [a Digital Sound I/O system].
DSP Memory? DUDE!!!
Also... the 20 " monitors were _beautiful_ to work
nexst to. Before
I sold mine I always felt like I was almost living inside my NeXT.
But they are oh so heavy!
Well, it could have been inside of a titanium alloy casing...
Cubes are ultra-ergonomic. The cases very somewhat
depending on
when they were made. I like the cases the early 68030 machines...
they had less ventilation I think but they looked cooler... more
metalic somehow.
No kidding. That's the big catch to NeXT's. The looks. Once you see one,
you can't really sleep easy until one's inside of your house.
Ciao,
Tim D. Hotze