[rescue] NeXT OS Disks?

[Ishtar666]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Bradford" <mrbill at mrbill.net>
To: "The Rescue List" <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Friday, May 21, 2004 9:21 PM
Subject: Re: [rescue] NeXT OS Disks?


> Apple bought NeXT.  Seen this thing called "Mac OS X" lately? :)
> It's basically "Next-Generation" NeXTStep/OpenStep on PPC hardware.

Yeah, with a brief detour through Rhapsody land.  I was looking at the fact
that the original hardware was EOLed a while back, along with NeXT/OpenSTEP
proper.

> Every time I think "you know, I should find a NeXT Cube and a
NeXTDimension
> board", i realize that I've got that hardware, just its successor, in
front of
> me here at home (Dual 867Mhz G4, 2G RAM).

The new Macs are fairly nice, But I have a thing about older high end
hardware.  I think I'd rather have the cube :-)

> (I read somewhere that the "next-gen" NeXT boxes were going to be PPC...)
>
> I still do have a hankerin' for a Cube, though.  I have the original
12"x12"
> brochure that I got from NeXT when I was in junior high...
>
> Bill
>
> --
> bill bradford
> austin texas
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