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Next Computers NeXT Station	Computers	Professional Computer	U.S.A.	1989	Motorola MC 68040	name company company_name specs tabs photos links comments related oc_id source NeXT Station /companies/next-computers Next Computers label value NAME NeXT Station label value MANUFACTURER Next Computers label value TYPE Professional Computer label value ORIGIN U.S.A. label value YEAR 1989 label value KEYBOARD Full-stroke keyboard, 85 keys, 2 buttons opto-mechanical mouse label value CPU Motorola MC 68040 label value SPEED 25 Mhz or 33 Mhz (turbo) label value CO-PROCESSOR FPU Motorola 68882 (math co-processor)\ Motorola 56001 Digital Signal Processor label value RAM 8 Mb (12 Mb for Colorstations) up to 32 Mb label value GRAPHIC MODES 1120 x 832 label value COLORS NeXTstation: 4 (black, white and two shades of grey)\ ColorStation: 4096 colors label value SOUND DSP Motorola 56001 @ 25 Mhz (16 bits, 44.1 Khz, stereo, 24k RAM upgradable to 576 kb)\ Speaker built-in the monitor label value SIZE / WEIGHT 39.8 (W) x 36.5 (D) x 6.4 (H) cm / 6 kg label value I/O PORTS SCSI internal connector, SCSI2 external port, DSP, video output, proprietary port for NeXT laser printer, 2 x RS232 connectors, Ethernet label value BUILT IN MEDIA 3.5'' disk-drive (2.88 Mb), Hard-disk from 105 Mb to 1.5 Gb label value OS NextStep label value POWER SUPPLY Built-in PSU label value PERIPHERALS Modem label value PRICE NeXTstation : $6500\ ColorStation : $7995 photos links title subtitle text image FRONT VIEW null title subtitle text image TOP VIEW null title subtitle text image RIGHT SIDE Note the 3.5" floppy drive slot on the right hand side of the case. null title subtitle text image KEYBOARD CLOSE-UP Five keys, above the arrows keypad, allow sound and brightness adjustments as well as system power On/Off. null title subtitle text image KEYBOARD AND MOUSE null title subtitle text image REAR CONNECTORS MegaPixel display connectors, from left to right:\ • Headphone jack\ • Left & right sound output jacks\ • Main unit connector, carries the power as well as video, sound, keyboard and mouse data\ • Keyboard mini-DIN socket\ • Microphone jack Main unit connectors:\ • SCSI-2 connector\ • Dual RS-423 serial ports\ • Digital Signal Processor port\ • MegaPixel display connector\ • NexT laser printer port\ • Thin and twisted-pair Ethernet 10 MB ports null title subtitle text image OPENED At left side, switching power supply unit and fan,\ at right side: 105 MB HDD and 3.5" 2.88 MB FDD. null title subtitle text image MOTHERBOARD More info needed about the function of each chip. null title subtitle text image NEXT LASER PRINTER 300/400 dpi (software-selectable) 8 pages per minute. Uses a dedicated high-speed serial interface. null title subtitle text image SET OF MANUALS Along with a sheet of NexT stickers! null title subtitle text image MANUALS CLOSE-UP null title url text Black Hole, Incorporated http://WWW.BLACKHOLEINC.COM/ Retailer of NeXT computers and related title url text Channel U NeXT page http://www.channelu.com/NeXT/index.html Site with a lot of information about NeXT title url text Computers Forever 1970..80..90 http://perso.wanadoo.fr/fabrice.montupet/ Fabrice has a nice page about NeXT computers title url text NeXT Forum http://www.nextcomputers.org/forums/index.php NeXT forum title url text NeXT Step information page http://www120.pair.com/mccarthy/nextstep/ A good introduction to the NeXT operating system title url text www.NeXTComputers.org http://www.nextcomputers.org/ Website dedicated to NeXT computers, NEXTSTEP and OPENSTEP author date text Kip Crosby a/k/a panterazero (United States) Sunday 16th June 2019 What RAM format allowed 128MB on the NeXT mainboard? I would assume SIMMS, but what size? ty... author date text Shad Smithe (London) Monday 15th October 2012 There is a nice NeXT turbo color 33Ghz on eBay at the moment, current bid is £10 - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/280996984384 author date text Josh Carlson (USA) Thursday 15th March 2007 I bought a NeXTstation turbo mono about 2 years ago. I love the thing! It's amazing. I've upped mine to 128mb of ram among other things. I use it constantly. i just got my hands on a Cube finally, the thing has been modified and holds 4 motherboards :) This thing is going to be sweet once i get it running correctly :D author date text James (Melbourne, Australia) Wednesday 30th November 2005 I was lucky enough to buy a mono turbo slab complete with 400dpi laser printer. The NeXT machines are very rare in Australia (who had the money to buy one?). I used mine regularly untill recently (my mouse died). I think this would have to be THE most amazing hardware I have ever owned! author date text Karl (Montreal Quebec) Saturday 21st May 2005 When I had first seen the next station color was at a friends place. ANd it literally blew mymind the first time around. About a few months laters. My friend had asked me if I was interested in buying it. So I made him a deal for buying it and a few other things. Eventually I had received a second Nextstation and some spare parts from him as well to be able to keep the two running fine ar my place. Love th nextstationas a great alternative computer. ANd he's still finding some odds and ends for me from where he works for it too. Including original install disks for it. author date text Dante (Detroit) Friday 10th December 2004 We had a bunch of NeXT stations at University of Michigan in 1992; they were powerful enough to serve as mail servers for the pilot Unix mail program. It was a great, streamlined OS. Imagine my surprise when MacOS X came out as almost a clone of NeXTstep. I guess Jobs never gave up on it. Too bad Apple didn't keep the original dock concept. author date text Christian Nilsson (Luleå, Sweden) Monday 21st April 2003 I recently got a Turbo Color Next, but unfortunatley I have no access to any installation media!\ I can use the installed Nextstep since I got around the passwords, but unfortunatley several of the files on the harddrive are bad, and I fear that the harddrive is failing! Thus I wonder if anyone can help me get my hands on Nextstep 3.3, both the developer and the user CD would be a dream come true!\ Anyone? author date text Kevin (Dallas) Sunday 28th April 2002 At Rose-Hulman University in 1991 we had over 300 NeXT's which was quite astounding since there were only 1200 students there. Some were cubes, some were stations and a few where the color turbo stations. Then there was one NeXT super cube. This machine had 3 yes 3 Areol quint processor cards in its 3 expantion slots. Yes thats right boys and girls, there was once a 16" NeXT cube with 16! 68040 processors in it and it really cooked. It was primarily used for advanced mathmatical modeling. I use to run RenderMan on it via remote login. This machine was way ahead of its time. author date text Marcel (France) Tuesday 22nd January 2002 The NeXTstation was my first computer when I was 13! Not many games on it... /museum/next-computers-next-cube 555 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20230604030750/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=555 2023-06-04

The NeXTstation was a light version of the NeXTcube.

The magnetic-optical drive has been replaced by a hard-disk, as NeXTcube users found this drive too slow compared to "modern" hard-disks available then.

The thin design of the case didn't make it possible to keep the NeXTbus slots.

There were several models, including a NeXTstation (25 Mhz), a ColorStation with color display (4096 colors, 25 Mhz) and a ColorStation Turbo (33 Mhz).

Thanks to Computers Forever for his help.