Title: Hello from New Zealand
Post by: rooprob on February 13, 2017, 06:08:14 PM
Post by: rooprob on February 13, 2017, 06:08:14 PM
Hi guys,
I've been a part time lurker for a few months.
Interested in the UNIX experience and usability from the black hardware.
Very pleased to be running a practically mint NeXT Station Mono Turbo.
It's networked onto a Gbit cat6, and NFS to Synology, happy with it's modern OSX and Linux brothers and not-so-modern SGI IRIX friends. In fact, it was super easy to integrate, thanks to the docs on http://www.nextcomputers.org/NeXTfiles/Docs/NeXTStep/3.3/.
Looking forward to adding SSH and a build chain.
Big thanks to Rob Blessin @back hole
I've been a part time lurker for a few months.
Interested in the UNIX experience and usability from the black hardware.
Very pleased to be running a practically mint NeXT Station Mono Turbo.
It's networked onto a Gbit cat6, and NFS to Synology, happy with it's modern OSX and Linux brothers and not-so-modern SGI IRIX friends. In fact, it was super easy to integrate, thanks to the docs on http://www.nextcomputers.org/NeXTfiles/Docs/NeXTStep/3.3/.
Looking forward to adding SSH and a build chain.
Big thanks to Rob Blessin @back hole
Title: Hello from New Zealand
Post by: SlateBlue on February 13, 2017, 06:31:05 PM
Post by: SlateBlue on February 13, 2017, 06:31:05 PM
Welcome!
Title: Hello from New Zealand
Post by: Rob Blessin Black Hole on February 15, 2017, 01:33:01 PM
Post by: Rob Blessin Black Hole on February 15, 2017, 01:33:01 PM
Welcome , glad to here you have her up and running ! Best regards Rob
Title: Hello from New Zealand
Post by: bobo68 on February 16, 2017, 12:33:09 PM
Post by: bobo68 on February 16, 2017, 12:33:09 PM
Welcome. Unbelievable how sexy these machines look to me. It is probably because I'm old. 8)
Title: Hello from New Zealand
Post by: nextchef on February 16, 2017, 02:12:24 PM
Post by: nextchef on February 16, 2017, 02:12:24 PM
Welcome!
Have fun and dont be surprised if you end up with more systems in the future.
Have fun and dont be surprised if you end up with more systems in the future.
Title: Hello from New Zealand
Post by: tiritea on January 20, 2019, 02:37:50 PM
Post by: tiritea on January 20, 2019, 02:37:50 PM
Hey there, just noticed your posting! I suspect I've got the only other NeXT(s) down here in the antipodes: a NeXTcube Turbo Dimension (ADB), another original 030 NeXT Computer (aka cube), and a NeXTstation Turbo Color for good measure.
Mine got here when I emimgrated; so how'd yours end up downunder?
- Gareth
Mine got here when I emimgrated; so how'd yours end up downunder?
- Gareth
Title: Hello from New Zealand
Post by: rumbeard on February 15, 2019, 06:57:33 PM
Post by: rumbeard on February 15, 2019, 06:57:33 PM
Quote from: "tiritea"Hey there, just noticed your posting! I suspect I've got the only other NeXT(s) down here in the antipodes: a NeXTcube Turbo Dimension (ADB), another original 030 NeXT Computer (aka cube), and a NeXTstation Turbo Color for good measure.
Mine got here when I emimgrated; so how'd yours end up downunder?
- Gareth
Hmm... I used to have a turbo mono cube in the US before I emigrated myself to AU in 2010 and gave all my kit to a good home. Ranged from aforementioned cube to my RS/6000 B80 with SSA shelf *main server*, VAX 6000, Sun E4500, AS/400 620e, and many others. The only bits I kept for the air freight downunder was a IBM RS/6000 44p, my Quad G5, a microVAX, my Alienware, and my Macbook Pro. Not liking the odds so much when I decide to build my old kit collection back up... but right now with a wife and kid I don't have a lot of room for rackage.
Been following NeXT off and on since university when I bought an OS 4.2 developer kit on a student discount, through OS X public beta, my own bought copy of OS X Server 1.0, through every release until Mojave which I'm typing on now. My last SGI kit was an IRIS Crimson VGXT which I ran for a month doing SETI @ home until I got the power bill :-).
Anyhow greetings to Oceania NeXTies
Title: Hello from New Zealand
Post by: rooprob on February 21, 2019, 05:41:05 PM
Post by: rooprob on February 21, 2019, 05:41:05 PM
(I couldn't remember if I posted this)
There are others ....
https://techvana.org.nz/
https://techvana.org.nz/index.php/marks-collection/
My NeXSTation Turbo running well with a SCSISD 5.0 flashed to 4.8.1 firmware and a Samsung Evo 64GB card - overkill, but there's massive latency differences between lower and high capacity cards. All went together without a hitch, and dd'd the OS from an earlier 8GB sdcard from Mr Blessin.
There are others ....
https://techvana.org.nz/
https://techvana.org.nz/index.php/marks-collection/
My NeXSTation Turbo running well with a SCSISD 5.0 flashed to 4.8.1 firmware and a Samsung Evo 64GB card - overkill, but there's massive latency differences between lower and high capacity cards. All went together without a hitch, and dd'd the OS from an earlier 8GB sdcard from Mr Blessin.
Title: Hello from New Zealand
Post by: rumbeard on February 21, 2019, 11:29:24 PM
Post by: rumbeard on February 21, 2019, 11:29:24 PM
Quote from: "rooprob"(I couldn't remember if I posted this)
There are others ....
https://techvana.org.nz/
https://techvana.org.nz/index.php/marks-collection/
My NeXSTation Turbo running well with a SCSISD 5.0 flashed to 4.8.1 firmware and a Samsung Evo 64GB card - overkill, but there's massive latency differences between lower and high capacity cards. All went together without a hitch, and dd'd the OS from an earlier 8GB sdcard from Mr Blessin.
If I'm in NZ again I need to look you guys up. My local group of system rescuers used to have a motto: "Why pay $2000 for 50 lbs. of computer when you can pay $50 for 2000 lbs. of computer?"