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From: sysmgr@KING.ENG.UMD.EDU (Doug Mohney)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: the new NeXT machine
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Date: 19 Sep 90 19:49:53 GMT
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Has anyone seen (drool, drool) the new NeXT machine? 

For $4995 list (Univ $3220) you get:

Hardware

    8 MB RAM (expandable to 32MB), Moto 68040 chip (claimed 15 MIPS), 
    the DSP signal processor, thin & twisted-pair (that's new) Ethernet, 
    2.88 MB 3 1/2" floppy, 105 MB hard disk (ok, so I'd prefer a bigger 
    hard disk),SCSI II port, 2 8-pin mini-DIN ports, microphone and
    two speakers built built-in to the 1120 x 832 pixel grey-scale display 
    (why didn't they go for 1280 x 1024 or 1024 x 768? I'm sure Henry knows 
    (Does Bo know Henry?)) 

	... in a box which is 15 5/8" wide and 2 1/2" deep ... 

Software

     UN*X, NeXT mail (big deal) Digital Webster. Add Mathematica if you 
     are an educational instutition. If you buy before January 1, you also 
     get a free copy of Lotus Improv (yes, Improv), their answer to 1-2-3. 

     It says "NeXTstep is available for the asking with the NeXTstation."
     I'm not sure if that means you can get disks for it (and try to find
     room on the dinky 105MB disk) or if you can get it for $$$.

I didn't see the color machine, but it'll be for $8K....

This whole thing reminds me of how Jobs started the Macintosh, bringing out
a (pricey, slow) machine (128K Mac, NeXT '030 cube), letting people develop
software for it and releasing Real Machines (1 MB MacPlus, NeXTstation
with an '40). 

I'd like to put this thing next to a SPARCstation SLC and an X-term for
kicks for benchmarks, but I suspect someone else will.