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From: jasmerb@mist.CS.ORST.EDU (Bryce Jasmer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Basic system
Message-ID: <10809@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU>
Date: 25 May 89 07:58:32 GMT
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In article <3256@uokmax.UUCP> (Collin Broadrick Douglas) writes:
>    I am interested in the NeXT.  What does the base $6500 system come with?
>    (please include bundled software).

The basic system that OSU provides comes with the following (note that your
school might tack on a certain percentage for handling (OSU charged 6%).

	Hardware (from Appendix A of the 0.9 User Manual)
	+  MC68030 25 MHz CPU
	+  MC68882 25 MHz FPU
	+  MC56001 25 MHz DSP
	+  12 DMA channels
	+  etc.

	+  8 Megabytes RAM
	+  17" 2-bit (4 grays) monitor
	+      1120x832
	+      92 dpi
	+      68 Hz refresh rate

	+  256 MB Optical Drive (removable)


	Software (from "Third-Party Programs and Products")*
	+  NeXT SQL Database Server (from Sybase, Inc)
	   won't be available till OS 1.0
	+  Allegro CL Common LISP (Franz Inc.)
	+  Mathematica (Wolfram Research, Inc.)
	   beta in 0.9
	+  WriteNow ("equivalent to Macintosh version 2.0")
	   beta in 0.9
	+  Misc other things
	   (Postscript writing tool, PS previewer, simple drawing application,
	   Websters dictionary, Oxford Quotations, Interface Builder, a nice
	   mouse based editor, Billiards, a flight simulator (Stealth),
	   Poker, TIFF viewer, Sound demos, and lots of other demos.)
	+  LAST AND MOST IMPORTANT:
	   UNIX!! (this gives you such things as Emacs, cc, TeX, mail,
	   etc, etc, etc.)

I hope this has helped. I would strongly suggest going the extra distance
and getting a hard disk though. An optical doesn't cut it for any serious
work.

Bryce Jasmer
jasmerb@hobbes.cs.orst.edu