Hello,
I was lucky today and got a NeXTstation N1100 1715 monochrome.
I paid nothing for it and I am already fascinated by the whole Next story that was mostly unknown for me.
My first intention was to sell it on Ebay but now I would like to keep it :-)
I know that the RAM was upgraded to 32MB which ist the maximum afaik.
The OS is NextStep 3.2 (german) which was bought by the previous owner in the very late 90s.
The HDD was replaced by a Seagate Barracuda SCSI 2.1GB.
My questions:
-Can I upgrade this machine in any way? It seems to be the smallest version of the Next station (non Turbo 25MHz...).
The CPU is not socketed as far as I could see it. at least it won´t come off easily.
-Which external SCSI CDROM drive is recommended by you all? Is there sth stylish, that will fit the design? Whats the name of the original Next CD drive?
-I read about the CF adapter cards. Do they work with the Next? Which size is possible? Is NS3.2 able to format/address large cards/disks? Max partition size? Which adapter to buy???
-If not, what is the max size of hard drive I could built in the case and that would work with the system?
-I have original CDRROMS and floppy disks for NS3.2, can I upgrade to 3.3 (or higher) for free? How? Will Openstep 4.2 MACH run?
-the monitor won´t fill out the whle space of the screen anymore and can not be adjusted perfectly. Any ideas how to fix it?
-What exactly is the white socket for in the middle of the board? Where to find a fitting piece of hardware?
I know it sounds very noobish but it is just what goes on in my head, besides the question what could I ever do with that system?
Any ideas on that last question, too?
Are the printers still around? These would be re-labled HP or Canon I suppose...
God, I really like that computer. Where to get a Color Turbo???? Today?
:-)
Thanx alot,
marqus
hi marqus
the best option to upgrade a non-turbo slab is to get a turbo-motherboard. i think rob blessin from
http://blackholeinc.com/ has some.
any SCSI CD-ROM should work. there was an external CD drive from NeXT. here's a parts database ->
http://nextstuff.info/db/ByManufacturer/NeXT%20Computer,%20Inc.i myself am very interested in replacing the HDDs with CF cards. i fiddled around with a SCSI multicard reader. works for reading/writing CF cards. booting only seems to work if the card is in the PCMCIA slot with an adapter which i don't have. ordered a CF AztecMonster from artmix.com. waiting for delivery...
disks/partitions: NS 3.3 can't handle partitions larger than 2GB.
one can find ISOs and images of the bootfloppy of NS 3.3 on the internet. but not officially for free...
the socket is for the DSP memory expansion which is almost impossible to find.
you can find NeXT laserprinters on e*ay. any laser with postscript and ethernet should work IIRC.
regards,
michael
printer are not relabelled, they are also missing some important parts like memory and a processor (to reduce costs, most of the printer logic and ram is the nextstation itself (same concept as "modern" winprinters...))
Only upgrade ram, but leave your station as close to original as you can. If you want to overclock a 68k machine, just buy an amiga :)
I would leave it original too. If you can get a Turbo Mono motherboard/slab, it's nice to have. IMHO a Turbo Mono is the best to use in terms of speed and user experience.