Title: Greetings from the UK!
Post by: trixster on January 12, 2024, 10:11:26 AM
Post by: trixster on January 12, 2024, 10:11:26 AM
Hi all,
I thought I'd make a thread to say hi from York in the UK. I've just bought my dream machine, an 040 NeXTcube, which is something I've wanted to add to my computer collection for many, many years. I remember reading about it in the uk computer press at the time of its release and being astonished at the price, the look and the power of the thing - it felt like a slice of the future compared to our family BBC Model B and Amiga 500!
I've collected a modest range of machines from the 80s and 90s over the years, most of which were uk or European micros spanning the 8, 16 and 32bit eras plus some variations on pc's I've owned in the 2000s and 2010s. I think my collecting days have reached a culmination with the NextCube though!
Rob B is kindly sending me the various items I need to get this beauty running on a modern lcd as sadly I don't have the accompanying megapixel crt.
Anyway, thanks for allowing me to say hi!
I thought I'd make a thread to say hi from York in the UK. I've just bought my dream machine, an 040 NeXTcube, which is something I've wanted to add to my computer collection for many, many years. I remember reading about it in the uk computer press at the time of its release and being astonished at the price, the look and the power of the thing - it felt like a slice of the future compared to our family BBC Model B and Amiga 500!
I've collected a modest range of machines from the 80s and 90s over the years, most of which were uk or European micros spanning the 8, 16 and 32bit eras plus some variations on pc's I've owned in the 2000s and 2010s. I think my collecting days have reached a culmination with the NextCube though!
Rob B is kindly sending me the various items I need to get this beauty running on a modern lcd as sadly I don't have the accompanying megapixel crt.
Anyway, thanks for allowing me to say hi!
Title: Re: Greetings from the UK!
Post by: Rob Blessin Black Hole on January 12, 2024, 03:29:51 PM
Post by: Rob Blessin Black Hole on January 12, 2024, 03:29:51 PM
Hello Trixster: Awesome you have joined the forums, I'm working on your NeXT Cube parts order as we speak !Best Regards Rob
Title: Re: Greetings from the UK!
Post by: pTeK on February 24, 2024, 06:03:36 PM
Post by: pTeK on February 24, 2024, 06:03:36 PM
Nice collection.
Your SGi, Is that one of the models that was $100K+ USD when they were released early 90s? If so nice score 8)
Your SGi, Is that one of the models that was $100K+ USD when they were released early 90s? If so nice score 8)
Title: Re: Greetings from the UK!
Post by: trixster on February 25, 2024, 06:13:36 AM
Post by: trixster on February 25, 2024, 06:13:36 AM
Hi PTeK,
The octane specs are:
single cpu 400mhz
2GB ram
Odyssey V8 gpu (128MB ram)
2x 300GB 15k rpm scsi drives
A system like that probably came about in 1999 or 2000 as it's closer to Octane2 technology rather than original Octane stuff. I don't think it would have cost as much as $100k but it certainly would have been somewhere in the region of $20-40k I should have thought.
The octane specs are:
single cpu 400mhz
2GB ram
Odyssey V8 gpu (128MB ram)
2x 300GB 15k rpm scsi drives
A system like that probably came about in 1999 or 2000 as it's closer to Octane2 technology rather than original Octane stuff. I don't think it would have cost as much as $100k but it certainly would have been somewhere in the region of $20-40k I should have thought.
Title: Re: Greetings from the UK!
Post by: pTeK on March 28, 2024, 03:03:44 PM
Post by: pTeK on March 28, 2024, 03:03:44 PM
Quote from: trixster on February 25, 2024, 06:13:36 AMHi PTeK,If that was rocking 2GB System RAM and 128MB GFX RAM in 99, that would have been expensive. I remember telling my Dad to pay the extra $$ in 2002 to upgrade the Dell PC he was buying from 128MB->256MB. (I miss XP)
The octane specs are:
single cpu 400mhz
2GB ram
Odyssey V8 gpu (128MB ram)
2x 300GB 15k rpm scsi drives
A system like that probably came about in 1999 or 2000 as it's closer to Octane2 technology rather than original Octane stuff. I don't think it would have cost as much as $100k but it certainly would have been somewhere in the region of $20-40k I should have thought.
Sound likes good specs to run a web server on, 99/2000 was near the transition stage where home PCs running Intel w/ Linux/FreeBSD were starting to be able to compete with SUN for web servers.
There would of been more support for NeXT too.
I still remember the BLINK html tag and window pop ups from that era.
What machine is louder, the SGI or NeXT?
Title: Re: Greetings from the UK!
Post by: trixster on March 29, 2024, 04:38:07 AM
Post by: trixster on March 29, 2024, 04:38:07 AM
The SGI is the loudest by quite some distance. It has a 12x12x38mm 12v case fan that kicks out quite a racket, and the two scsi drives that sound like jet engines.
Luckily both machines are around a corner in a different room to the monitors they're attached too, so the noise isn't much of an issue.
Luckily both machines are around a corner in a different room to the monitors they're attached too, so the noise isn't much of an issue.
Title: Re: Greetings from the UK!
Post by: pTeK on March 30, 2024, 02:19:52 PM
Post by: pTeK on March 30, 2024, 02:19:52 PM
Quote from: trixster on March 29, 2024, 04:38:07 AMThe SGI is the loudest by quite some distance. It has a 12x12x38mm 12v case fan that kicks out quite a racket, and the two scsi drives that sound like jet engines.
Oh yeah, that Mechanical hard drive sound ;D
I had my Amiga 1200 plugged in the other day and heard that high pitch noise from the 2.5" IDE 5400rpm 40MB Seagate HDD. Don't miss that sound much at all ;D