hankg, to retrocomputing

It's astounding how modern computer idioms we take for granted could be done with NeXTSTEP in 1991. The live video and on-the-fly editing are even more impressive, albeit requiring the $15K model computer. That was impressive performance for that price at the time too though.
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Steve Jobs NeXT Cube with Dimension Board Demo 1991 rerecorded Rob Blessin Black Hole Inc 2024 #1

hankg, to history
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I thought I had read every book on the history of NeXT. I apparently missed this one! Now starting...

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muzej, to Slovenia
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⬛📦 Our NeXTstation Turbo lives! 😍 The screen needs some repair because it displays a very dark image with some lines at the top, but the system boots up nicely. An impressive beast from 1990 with 32 MB of RAM!

muzej, to Slovenia
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⌨⬛ This is the NeXT computer. Tim Berners-Lee and Robert Cailliau used it at CERN to set up the first web server, id Software developed games like Doom and Quake on it, and at Slovenian daily newspaper Delo they used it to digitize the entire newspaper production process.

amoroso, to retrocomputing
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As many others, I always wondered why Steve Jobs went with the 68K for NeXT workstations instead of the 386.

The possible reasons discussed here are interesting. The product positioning and business ones make sense as much as the technical reasons.

https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com/questions/28131/why-did-steve-jobs-choose-the-motorola-6803025-mhz-for-the-first-next-computer

muzej, to Slovenia
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⏭️💿 In the museum, we also have a well-preserved box containing the NeXTSTEP 3.1 operating system and its documentation. 🤩 Originally developed for NeXT workstations, version 3.1 was the first to support the i386 architecture.

phranck, to 3DPrinting
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For all who like statistics:
All in all, my mini consists of 13 parts to be printed. One part has to be printed several times, so I have a total of 18 parts to print.

The print time according to the slicer is 1 day, 2 hours and 42 minutes. This consumes 657 grams of filament.

Play around with the realtime renderer of the current 3D model status:

https://collaborate.shapr3d.com/v/WhipZ_U9mH4FY6FYRLn0w

jbzfn, to retrocomputing
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💸 NeXT Computer Accessory Kit: What You Got With a $10,000 Workstation
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