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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01YDRjtmAiNpo5mK5N3d7QwZ
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208 lines
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title: Next Computers NeXT Station
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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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- '1989'
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cpus:
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- Motorola MC 68040
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params:
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name: NeXT Station
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image: /media/museum/photos/next_nextstation_2.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 Station
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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: '1989'
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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: Motorola MC 68040
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- label: SPEED
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value: 25 Mhz or 33 Mhz (turbo)
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- label: CO-PROCESSOR
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value: |-
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FPU Motorola 68882 (math co-processor)\
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Motorola 56001 Digital Signal Processor
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- label: RAM
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value: 8 Mb (12 Mb for Colorstations) up to 32 Mb
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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: |-
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NeXTstation: 4 (black, white and two shades of grey)\
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ColorStation: 4096 colors
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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: 39.8 (W) x 36.5 (D) x 6.4 (H) cm / 6 kg
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- label: I/O PORTS
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value: SCSI internal connector, SCSI2 external port, DSP, video output, proprietary port for NeXT laser printer, 2 x RS232 connectors, Ethernet
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- label: BUILT IN MEDIA
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value: 3.5'' disk-drive (2.88 Mb), Hard-disk from 105 Mb to 1.5 Gb
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- label: OS
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value: NextStep
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- label: POWER SUPPLY
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value: Built-in PSU
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- label: PERIPHERALS
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value: Modem
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- label: PRICE
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value: |-
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NeXTstation : $6500\
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ColorStation : $7995
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tabs:
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- photos
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- links
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photos:
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- title: FRONT VIEW
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/photos/next_station_system_s2.jpg
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- title: TOP VIEW
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/photos/next_station_topview_s1.jpg
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- title: RIGHT SIDE
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subtitle: ''
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text: Note the 3.5" floppy drive slot on the right hand side of the case.
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image: /media/museum/photos/next_station_side_s1.jpg
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- title: KEYBOARD CLOSE-UP
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subtitle: ''
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text: Five keys, above the arrows keypad, allow sound and brightness adjustments as well as system power On/Off.
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image: /media/museum/photos/next_station_keyboard_s1.jpg
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- title: KEYBOARD AND MOUSE
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/photos/next_station_keyboard_s2.jpg
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- title: REAR CONNECTORS
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subtitle: ''
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text: |-
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MegaPixel display connectors, from left to right:\
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• Headphone jack\
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• Left & right sound output jacks\
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• Main unit connector, carries the power as well as video, sound, keyboard and mouse data\
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• Keyboard mini-DIN socket\
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• Microphone jack
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Main unit connectors:\
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• SCSI-2 connector\
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• Dual RS-423 serial ports\
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• Digital Signal Processor port\
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• MegaPixel display connector\
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• NexT laser printer port\
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• Thin and twisted-pair Ethernet 10 MB ports
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image: /media/museum/photos/next_station_back%20side_s1.jpg
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- title: OPENED
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subtitle: ''
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text: |-
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At left side, switching power supply unit and fan,\
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at right side: 105 MB HDD and 3.5" 2.88 MB FDD.
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image: /media/museum/photos/next_station_opened_s1.jpg
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- title: MOTHERBOARD
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subtitle: ''
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text: More info needed about the function of each chip.
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image: /media/museum/photos/next_station_mainboard_s1.jpg
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- title: NEXT LASER PRINTER
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subtitle: ''
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text: 300/400 dpi (software-selectable) 8 pages per minute. Uses a dedicated high-speed serial interface.
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image: /media/museum/photos/next_station_nextprinter_s1.jpg
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- title: SET OF MANUALS
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subtitle: ''
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text: Along with a sheet of NexT stickers!
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image: /media/museum/photos/next_station_manuals_s1.jpg
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- title: MANUALS CLOSE-UP
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/photos/next_station_manuals_s2.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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comments:
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- author: Kip Crosby a/k/a panterazero (United States)
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date: Sunday 16th June 2019
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text: What RAM format allowed 128MB on the NeXT mainboard? I would assume SIMMS, but what size? ty...
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- author: Shad Smithe (London)
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date: Monday 15th October 2012
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text: There is a nice NeXT turbo color 33Ghz on eBay at the moment, current bid is £10 - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/280996984384
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- author: Josh Carlson (USA)
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date: Thursday 15th March 2007
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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.
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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
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- author: James (Melbourne, Australia)
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date: Wednesday 30th November 2005
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I was lucky enough to buy a mono turbo slab complete with 400dpi laser printer.
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The NeXT machines are very rare in Australia (who had the money to buy one?).
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I used mine regularly untill recently (my mouse died).
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I think this would have to be THE most amazing hardware I have ever owned!
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- author: Karl (Montreal Quebec)
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date: Saturday 21st May 2005
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text: 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.
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- author: Dante (Detroit)
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date: Friday 10th December 2004
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text: 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.
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- author: Christian Nilsson (Luleå, Sweden)
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date: Monday 21st April 2003
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I recently got a Turbo Color Next, but unfortunatley I have no access to any installation media!\
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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!\
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Anyone?
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- author: Kevin (Dallas)
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date: Sunday 28th April 2002
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text: 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.
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- author: Marcel (France)
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date: Tuesday 22nd January 2002
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text: The NeXTstation was my first computer when I was 13! Not many games on it...
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related:
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- /museum/next-computers-next-cube
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oc_id: 555
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source:
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url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230604030750/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=555
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date: '2023-06-04'
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The NeXTstation was a light version of the [NeXTcube](/museum/next-computers-next-cube/).
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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.
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The thin design of the case didn't make it possible to keep the NeXTbus slots.
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There were several models, including a NeXTstation (25 Mhz), a ColorStation with color display (4096 colors, 25 Mhz) and a ColorStation Turbo (33 Mhz).
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Thanks to [Computers Forever](http://perso.wanadoo.fr/fabrice.montupet/) for his help.
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