I spent over 100.00 for NS 3.3 OS & Programming Env just about a year
ago. That was weeks AFTER I started looking for it. You can get it for
25 or 50 buck if you can find it.
-Mike
Thomas Pfaff wrote:
>
> The main problem with these machines is that they are still so heavily
> used that noone wants to give up the media (cd-roms, etc). You can try
> comp.sys.next.marketplace. There are also some websites...
> http://www.orb.com and http://www.deepspacetech.com.
>
> Mostly what you probably need is a >300 mb standard SCSI harddrive, a
> cd-rom player that works with that machine [there are many but not all
> work] and the cd-rom media (NeXTStep 3.3 is probably the best).
>
> If you were near me I'd tell you just to come by and I'd do a
> builddisk for you. Perhaps someone else will offer. $25 was a good
> deal- last time I checked they were still going for a couple hundred.
> Poor kid!
>
> Once you get it working there's tons of software around for it, some
> of it the best quality available... try http://peanuts.leo.org and
> http://www.peak.org/next.
>
> The machines, although great performers for their time are getting
> slow by today's standards. Because of that, and the fact that Mac OS X
> Server (aka Rhapsody) is somewhat available, the prices should be
> dropping lower.
>
> Thomas
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> From: Anthony Eros <Anthony.Eros_at_digital.com>
> Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1998 19:21:17 -0400
> To: "Discussion re-collecting of classic computers"
> <classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
> Subject: NeXtStation TurboColor
> X-Listprocessor-Version: 8.1 beta -- ListProcessor(tm) by CREN
> X-To: "'classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu'" <classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
>
> I picked up a NeXtStation TurboColor box today at a hamfest. A kid had
>
> just bought 3 monitors, 4 boxes and a small stack of manuals and sold
> me the extra system box for $25. No memory or hard disk and (of
> course)
> no monitor, cable, keyboard, mouse or software.
>
> Does anyone have experience with these systems? Any tips on getting
> the pieces needed to get it running?
>
> -- Tony
Received on Sun Jul 26 1998 - 21:20:53 BST