Infinite Mac: Turning to the dark side
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Infinite Mac: Turning to the dark side
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#2This is great because last time I tried running NeXT in a virtual machine, I had issues with resolution mode - it was way too small to do anything
Re: Infinite Mac: Turning to the dark side
#3Author of the post/creator of the site here. To save everyone the click, NeXTStep 3.3 is probably the best release to try out: https://infinitemac.org/1994/NeXTSTEP%203.3 (it was the last release that ran well on the original NeXT hardware, OPENSTEP 4.0 and later were mostly focused on Intel support).
If you'd like to play the NeXT version of DOOM and explore a few other apps, they're in the "Infinite HD" drive (you can get to different drives by clicking on the computer icon in the Workspace file viewer).
Re: Infinite Mac: Turning to the dark side
#4Author of the post/creator of the site here. To save everyone the click, NeXTStep 3.3 is probably the best release to try out: https://infinitemac.org/1994/NeXTSTEP%203.3 (it was the last release that ran well on the original NeXT hardware, OPENSTEP 4.0 and later were mostly focused on Intel support). If you'd like to play the NeXT version of DOOM and explore a few other apps, they're in the "Infinite HD" drive (you…
Yep, that tracks. I used to have a NeXTCube on my desk and tried to hold on to it (and 3.3) for dear life, but sadly the research institute I was in at the time didn’t allow it. Thank you so much for grafting previous into your wonderful site, I’ve been having a blast with it on idle moments.
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#5god I miss my NeXT hardware. I used one as a daily driver till ~2008ish. sniff Shouldn't have sold it.
Re: Infinite Mac: Turning to the dark side
#6Author of the post/creator of the site here. To save everyone the click, NeXTStep 3.3 is probably the best release to try out: https://infinitemac.org/1994/NeXTSTEP%203.3 (it was the last release that ran well on the original NeXT hardware, OPENSTEP 4.0 and later were mostly focused on Intel support). If you'd like to play the NeXT version of DOOM and explore a few other apps, they're in the "Infinite HD" drive (you…
Yep. That’s the version I run on my “Turbo Slab”.
It’s always kind of amazing what a 33 MHz 68040 was capable of whenever I fire it up and fool around.
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#7Credit to whoever named the NeXT emulator “Previous”. That’s brilliant.
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#8god I miss my NeXT hardware. I used one as a daily driver till ~2008ish. sniff Shouldn't have sold it.
I’m curious how you used it as a daily driver back then.
Did you use it for internet access? Granted, JS was less prevalent back then, but I’m not sure what browser you had available.
What about listening to mp3s while doing something else, could the m68k manage or are you just not doing those things normally?
Re: Infinite Mac: Turning to the dark side
#9god I miss my NeXT hardware. I used one as a daily driver till ~2008ish. sniff Shouldn't have sold it.
I’m curious how you used it as a daily driver back then. Did you use it for internet access? Granted, JS was less prevalent back then, but I’m not sure what browser you had available. What about listening to mp3s while doing something else, could the m68k manage or are you just not doing those things normally?
Not OP, but if it was anything like Macs running on similar hardware - MP3s was not viable, simply not enough grunt. Also most (all?) MP3 decoders relied on a FPU unit to function. But CD's where fine.
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#10god I miss my NeXT hardware. I used one as a daily driver till ~2008ish. sniff Shouldn't have sold it.
Oh do I get the pain of hardware lost due to short sighted ambitions. Some many things I have let go over the years.
But let me try to make you feel a bit better. A lot of this retro hardware nowadays is more about maintenance rather than just using it. If you are into that, it is great! But for many it just comes to a point of trying ever harder just to keep these things going. It is to be the technology Sisyphus.
Last year I finally gave up on my Powermac G5 when the power supply went, a machine much younger than any Next hardware. I just gave it away to someone that had the patience to work with it. Unfortunately the FIF (F*K It Factor) is a thing that eventually creeps up and it becomes a case of passing these things onto others that have a higher tolerance for aging hardware issues.