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title: Next Computers NeXT Cube
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categories:
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- Computers
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types:
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- Professional Computer
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origins:
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- U.S.A.
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years:
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- '1988'
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params:
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name: NeXT Cube
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image: /media/museum/photos/next_cube_1.jpg
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company: /companies/next-computers
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company_name: Next Computers
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specs:
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- label: NAME
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value: NeXT Cube
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- label: MANUFACTURER
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value: Next Computers
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- label: TYPE
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value: Professional Computer
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- label: ORIGIN
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value: U.S.A.
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- label: YEAR
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value: '1988'
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- label: END OF PRODUCTION
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value: '1993'
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- label: KEYBOARD
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value: Full-stroke keyboard, 85 keys, 2 buttons opto-mechanical mouse
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- label: CPU
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value: |-
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NeXTcube 030 : Motorola MC 68030 @ 25 Mhz\
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NeXTcube 040 : Motorola MC 68040 @ 25 Mhz\
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NeXTcube Turbo : Motorola MC 68040 @ 33 Mhz
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- label: CO-PROCESSOR
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value: FPU Motorola 68882 (math co-processor) @ 25 Mhz
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- label: RAM
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value: 8 Mb upgradable to 16 Mb (Cube 030) or to 64 Mb (Cube 040)
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- label: GRAPHIC MODES
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value: 1120 x 832
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- label: COLORS
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value: 4 (black, white and two shades of grey)
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- label: SOUND
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value: |-
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DSP Motorola 56001 @ 25 Mhz (16 bits, 44.1 Khz, stereo, 24k RAM upgradable to 576 kb)\
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Speaker built-in the monitor
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- label: SIZE / WEIGHT
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value: 31.8 x 30.5 x 30.5 cm
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- label: I/O PORTS
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value: 4 (3 free) NeXTbus connectors, internal SCSI connector, SCSI2 external connector, DSP, video output, proprietary port for NeXT laser printer, 2 RS232 ports, Ethernet,
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- label: BUILT IN MEDIA
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value: |-
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Magneto-Optical Drive (256 MB)\
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SCSI hard-disk, FDD (2.88 Mb) and CD-ROM were optional
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- label: OS
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value: MACH 4.3 + NextStep
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- label: POWER SUPPLY
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value: PSU built-in
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- label: PERIPHERALS
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value: Modem
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- label: PRICE
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value: $6500 (USA, october 88)
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tabs:
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- photos
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- links
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forum_thread: 287
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photos:
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- title: THE CUBE
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subtitle: ''
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text: This innovative design (by FrogDesign) is said to have inspired the later Apple Cube and Nintendo GameCube...
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image: /media/museum/photos/next_cube_2.jpg
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links:
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- title: Black Hole, Incorporated
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url: http://WWW.BLACKHOLEINC.COM/
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text: Retailer of NeXT computers and related
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- title: Channel U NeXT page
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url: http://www.channelu.com/NeXT/index.html
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text: Site with a lot of information about NeXT
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- title: Computers Forever 1970..80..90
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url: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/fabrice.montupet/
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text: Fabrice has a nice page about NeXT computers
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- title: NeXT Forum
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url: http://www.nextcomputers.org/forums/index.php
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text: NeXT forum
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- title: NeXT Step information page
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url: http://www120.pair.com/mccarthy/nextstep/
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text: A good introduction to the NeXT operating system
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- title: www.NeXTComputers.org
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url: http://www.nextcomputers.org/
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text: Website dedicated to NeXT computers, NEXTSTEP and OPENSTEP
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related:
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- /museum/next-computers-next-station
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oc_id: 277
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source:
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url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230430210346/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=277
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date: '2023-04-30'
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What a mythical and powerful computer!! When Steve Jobs left Apple, he decided to create the best computer possible ! The result is the NeXT.
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This prodigious computer impressed a lot of people when it was presented! Its technical features, its object oriented operating system and its graphical interface, even its black case were very far from the standards (remember how many black-cased computers there were in 1988: not many)! And NeXTStep is always considered as a reference.
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It was sold with a lot of great programs and a very powerful 400 dpi laser printer. Some technical features were a bit strange (grayscale display, no floppy drive, no hard disk), but were modified in the next generation with the [NeXT Station](/museum/next-computers-next-station/) and the NeXT Cube 040.
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NeXT also released later the **NeXTdimension** for the Cube. It is a board based on an intel860, wich offers a true 32bit Postcript color display and video sampling features. You could buy the NeXTdimension board alone or a NeXTcube upgraded with it, sometimes refered as "color Cube".
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Unfortunately, this computer was too expensive and had little commercial success, few years later, it was abandoned, but the later successors of this computer are still in use in some places, as servers! The NeXT was used as the world's first web server, and was also the platform for the first web browser!
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Notice that the architecture of this computer (68030, 68882 & DSP 56001) is the same setup used in the [Atari Falcon](/museum/atari-falcon-030/) which was presented (a bit late) in 1992!
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Thanks to [Computers Forever1970..80..90](http://perso.wanadoo.fr/fabrice.montupet/) for most of the info.
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