root@amyerg.UUCP (Admin) (09/24/88)
In case some of you haven't already seen the specifications for the NEXT
computer (by Steve Jobs, et al), here are what they are supposed to be for the
introductory model:
68030 processor at 25 mHz
4 megs of RAM (1.5 meg reserved for graphics)
300 meg erasable optical drive (courtesy of Sony)
1.4 meg 3.5" disk drive
MACH operating system (Carnagie-Mellon Multi-processor Unix) with
the kernel in RAM
Display Postscript, X-Windows, and NEXT interface (in ROM)
Built-in 9600 baud modem
SCSI and Parallel ports, as well as an ethernet port
Copy of Mathematica
C compiler
1024 x 960(?) monochrome display
Price: $5995 (40% discount available to educational institutions)
Looking forward to getting mine!
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Go New Orleans Saints!!! slf@well.UUCP (Sharon Lynne Fisher) (09/25/88)
>In case some of you haven't already seen the specifications for the NEXT >computer (by Steve Jobs, et al), here are what they are supposed to be for the >introductory model: What is the source of your information?
soley@ontenv.UUCP (Norman S. Soley) (10/22/88)
In article <13870@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu> bkliewer@iuvax.UUCP (Bradley Dyck Kliewer) writes: >In article <5806@killer.DALLAS.TX.US> elg@killer.DALLAS.TX.US (Eric Green) writes: >>One question: Why the hell have a floppy drive when you have a 256MB >>removable erasable optical disk? >$50 is awfully expensive media for commercial software distribution when >a few $1 diskettes are the norm (retail price comparisons, of course). Streaming tapes cost about $50 (retail) and I get software on them all the time. Hell when the Mac first came out a box of 3.5" diskettes was over $100 when you could find them. -- Norman Soley - Data Communications Analyst - Ontario Ministry of the Environment UUCP: uunet!attcan!lsuc!ncrcan!ontenv!soley VOICE: +1 416 323 2623 OR: soley@ontenv.UUCP