Burning a NeXTCube (1993)
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Burning a NeXTCube (1993)
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Re: Burning a NeXTCube (1993)
#2This may be a better link: https://simson.net/ref/1993/cubefire.html as it has links to the actual photos on Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/nitroba/albums/721575944354804...
Re: Burning a NeXTCube (1993)
#3We tried burning a small part of a Tadpole Sparcbook case (which was also a magnesium alloy) and it was hard work. I think we had to file the surface down to remove the surface oxide and then attack it with a blowtorch.
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#4Besides missing the quality of writing in some of the better 80/early 90s computer mags (mostly familiar with US/UK), I also really miss the amount of money/skill/love they spent on getting high class photography and/or illustrations for the cover and key articles.
This (1993) was on the tail end of that phenomenon.
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#5Given that magnesium alloy car wheels often survive car fires with barely more than the surface spalling off, I don't know what they expected.
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#6Living in Europe, I’m deeply amazed at how much help and support he got for free from a bunch of people from one of the most important (and expensive) laboratories in the world. All of that just to basically have some fun and take some pictures. I’m absolutely sure that here he would never have any support to do this. We unfortunately have forgotten how to have fun and be creative here in the old world.
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#7i once blew up the monitor of a next. it had been sent back to the us from the uk for repair, but when we recieved it back in the uk i didn't notice that the power selector was set to 120 rather than 240 volts. and ... bang.
the cube itself seemed a bit more resilient.
there were reports of the mag alloy airframes of lancaster bombers burning in the raf offensive on germany in ww2, but i can't find any confirmation of this.
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#8Year ago conversation with better link: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28326169
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#9Besides missing the quality of writing in some of the better 80/early 90s computer mags (mostly familiar with US/UK), I also really miss the amount of money/skill/love they spent on getting high class photography and/or illustrations for the cover and key articles. This (1993) was on the tail end of that phenomenon.
i loved NeXTworld Magazine (not sure i got the lowercase and uppercase letters right)
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#10Is this in reference to the post on the front page about not mining and harvesting Magnesium from the oceans?