7 Sep
2007
7 Sep
'07
5:31 p.m.
At 10:10 -0500 9/7/07, cctalk-request at classiccmp.org wrote:
Hi there,
What's the score with obtaining o/s installation disks for NeXT,
please? I have a slab here which I obtained a while back but which
(to my shame) I haven't gotten around to tinkering with. I believe it
has a fresh o/s install, but I'd feel more comfortable if I knew I
had all the facilities to do a reinstall if necessary.
Is NeXTstep considered abandonware yet? Or should I be looking on
eBay for the latest version?
Cheers,
Stroller.
Vendors I know about:
http://www.blackholeinc.com/specials/blackhardware.shtml
http://www.channelu.com/Turbo/NeXT/software.html
Have dealt with the latter, he's a good guy. Don't know about the former.
EBay is not a bad bet. For an early cube or slab, be sure you get the
boot floppy with the media, or if not let me know and I (?) think I
can write one for you.
You'll also need the correct cable and a 512-byte SCSI CD drive; a
FAQ that should help with that is pointed to from:
http://www.museplan.com/projects/next-mac-faq/next-mac-faq.html
Look down to the Q: Where can I find the main NextStep FAQ?, follow
that link, go to section 5.6.
Hope this helps.
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