20 May
2016
20 May
'16
1:08 p.m.
On Fri, 20 May 2016, David Brownlee wrote:
Could be, though NeXTSTEP 3.x (for x>0) was
definitely available on
Intel hardware - I remember helping support a bunch of Pentium 133
"workstations" at Dreamworks running custom software under NeXTSTEP 3.3.
I know they do, too because I've run it myself. I have a copy of 3.3. See
the directory tree below my sig. You just need to select your hardware
*very* carefully.
They also mainly had Micropolis disks ("For all
your data loss needs").
Oh, s*** ya, those things were total garbage. I'm convinced they made them
from recycled blender parts and rust to save on
materials cost. I had a
few throughout the years. It got to the point that if I
found any in a
machine, I'd just convince management to replace them before they took
someone's data out of commission like a Takada airbag in a Jamaican Summer.
This combined with NeXTSTEP's baroque install
process and tendency to
occasionally crap out and destroy its own disk (I believe this was more
of an x86 only feature), meant production support spent a fair amount of
time reinstalling boxes.
I've experienced this. It's very easy to mess up as you say. Use a
sacrificial lamb of a box with nothing you care about. I'd recommend
against trying it with a virtual machine. It runs slower than a
octogenarian with ankle weights in a VM for whatever reason (once you
spend hours fiddling with it to get it working).
-Swift
Swift's NextStep 3.3 collection:
|-- 3.3_Boot_Disk.floppyimage
|-- NextSTEP\ 3.3\ CISC\ (Intel\ x86+Motorola\ 68k).iso
|-- drivers
| |-- beta
| | |-- AMDPCnet32.pkg.compressed
| | |-- ATIRageDisplay.pkg.compressed
| | |-- Adaptec1542BSCSI.pkg.compressed
| | |-- Adaptec2940SCSI.pkg.compressed
| | |-- BusLogicFPSCSI.pkg.compressed
| | |-- DECChip21040net.pkg.compressed
| | |-- DECChip21140Net.pkg.compressed
| | |-- DECChip21142Net.pkg.compressed
| | |-- DECChip21x4xNet.pkg.compressed
| | |-- DiamondStealth.pkg.compressed
| | |-- EIDE.pkg.compressed
| | |-- EISABus.pkg.compressed
| | |-- ES1x88Audio.pkg.compressed
| | |-- EtherExpress16.pkg.compressed
| | |-- EtherLink3.pkg.compressed
| | |-- EtherLinkXL.pkg.compressed
| | |-- HPXU_Display.pkg.compressed
| | |-- IBMTokenRing.pkg.compressed
| | |-- Intel82365PCIC.pkg.compressed
| | |-- Intel82557Net.pkg.compressed
| | |-- Intel82595Net.pkg.compressed
| | |-- MatroxMGA2064W.pkg.compressed
| | |-- Num9Imagine128s2.pkg.compressed
| | |-- Number9Motion331.pkg.compressed
| | |-- PCMCIABus.pkg.compressed
| | |-- S3GenericDisplay.pkg.compressed
| | |-- S3ViRGEDisplay.pkg.compressed
| | |-- SCSITape.pkg.compressed
| | |-- SoundBlaster16.pkg.compressed
| | |-- ThinkPad760CD.pkg.compressed
| | |-- ThinkPad760ED.pkg.compressed
| | |-- TridentGeneric.pkg.compressed
| | |-- WD90C24Display.pkg.compressed
| | |-- XircomIIps.pkg.compressed
| | |-- XircomNewave.pkg.compressed
| | `-- YamahaOPLAudio.pkg.compressed
| `-- released
| |-- AIC6X60SCSI.pkg.compressed
| |-- AMDPCnet32.pkg.compressed
| |-- AMD_PC_SCSI.pkg.compressed
| |-- ATIMach32.pkg.compressed
| |-- ATI_Mach64.pkg.compressed
| |-- Adaptec2740SCSI.pkg.compressed
| |-- Adaptec2940SCSI,pkg.compressed
| |-- BusLogicSCSI.pkg.compressed
| |-- CL_GD5434.pkg.compressed
| |-- CT_Wingine_64300.pkg.compressed
| |-- Compaq_QVision.pkg.compressed
| |-- DECChip21040.pkg.compressed
| |-- DECChip21140.pkg.compressed
| |-- DPTSCSI.pkg.compressed
| |-- DiamondStealth.pkg.compressed
| |-- EIDE.pkg.compressed
| |-- EISABus.pkg.compressed
| |-- ESS1x88Audio.pkg.compressed
| |-- FTGISALightPen.pkg.compressed
| |-- FTGSerLightPen.pkg.compressed
| |-- IBMTokenRing.pkg.compressed
| |-- ISA_Serial_Port.pkg.compressed
| |-- Intel82365PC.pkg.compressed
| |-- Intel824x0.pkg.compressed
| |-- Intel82556.pkg.compressed
| |-- Intel82557Net.pkg.compressed
| |-- Intel82595Net.pkg.compressed
| |-- Intel82596Net.pkg.compressed
| |-- Matrox_MGA_Mill.pkg.compressed
| |-- MedVisionJazz16.pkg.compressed
| |-- Num9GXE64Pro.pkg.compressed
| |-- Num9Motion771.pkg.compressed
| |-- Num9_Imagine128.pkg.compressed
| |-- PCMCIABus.pkg.compressed
| |-- PS2Mouse.pkg.compressed
| |-- Pegasus_Display.pkg.compressed
| |-- PortServer.pkg.compressed
| |-- S3_Generic.pkg.compressed
| |-- SMC16.pkg.compressed
| |-- SMCUltra.pkg.compressed
| |-- SYM53c8.pkg.compressed
| |-- SerialPointer.pkg.compressed
| |-- SoundBlaster16.pkg.compressed
| |-- ThinkPad755CX.pkg.compressed
| |-- WeitekPower9100.pkg.compressed
| |-- XircomNetwave.pkg.compressed
| `-- XircomPerf.pkg.compressed
|-- floppies
| |-- 3.2_Addl_Drivers.floppyimage
| |-- 3.2_Boot_Disk.floppyimage
| |-- 3.2_Moto_Boot_Disk.floppyimage
| |-- 3.3_Addl_Drivers.floppyimage
| |-- 3.3_Beta_Drivers.floppyimage
| |-- 3.3_Boot_Disk.floppyimage
| |-- 3.3_Core_Drivers.floppyimage
| |-- 3.3_Driver_Disk.floppyimage
| |-- 3.3_Moto_Boot_Disk.floppyimage
| `-- 3.3_PCCard_Install.floppyimage
`-- patches
|-- 3.3_Patch_1
| |-- 3.3DeveloperPatch.pkg.tar
| |-- 3.3_HP_SPARC_Patch1.pkg.tar
| |-- 3.3_Int_68k_Patch1.tar
| |-- 3.3_Patch1_DNS_PostInstall
| `-- 3.3_Patch1_Libs_PostInstall
|-- 3.3_Patch_2
| |-- NS33CISCUserPatch2.tar
| |-- NS33DeveloperPatch2.tar
| `-- NS33RISCUserPatch2.tar
|-- 3.3_Patch_3
| |-- NS33CISCUserPatch3.tar
| `-- NS33RISCUserPatch3.tar
|-- FoundationUserPatch.compressed
|-- NT_Printing_Patch.compressed
`-- rc.cdrom