cctalk Digest, Vol 49, Issue 21 - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

7 Sep 2007

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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