In October 1989, the admin of the NeXT archives at Purdue announced a reorganization of the files on that server. The new structure was the following:
INDEX A Current index of files
ARCHIVES A Other Archives
README A Most current information about this archive
docs D Directory containing documentation
news D Directory containing archives of comp.sys.next
patches D Directory containing patches to existing programs
source D Directory containing sources related to current release
0.9source D Directory containing sources related to 0.9 release
0.8source D Directory containing sources related to 0.8 release
Now that NeXTStep 0.9 was out, Gerrit felt he should segregate the source that wouldn't compile on the new OS release from the ones that would. This left the following early examples of Next software development:
0.8source/Draw.tar.Z B Drawing Lab from NeXT developers course
0.8source/Lab1.tar.Z B Calculator Lab from NeXT developers course
0.8source/Lab2.tar.Z B Composite Lab from NeXT developers course
0.8source/Lab3.tar.Z B Text Lab from NeXT developers course
0.8source/Lab4.tar.Z B BreakApp (Breakout-like App) Lab from NeXT developers course
0.8source/PaintLab.tar.Z B Paint Lab from NeXT developers course
0.8source/Speaker.tar.Z B Speaker/Listener Lab from NeXT developers course
0.8source/Spiro.tar.Z B Spirograph program
0.8source/bright.tar.Z B change the screen brightness
0.8source/logctrl.tar.Z B execute a .logout script after exiting the Workspace manager
0.8source/lunar.tar.Z B lunar lander game - demonstration of PostScript, IB
0.8source/mountod.c A Simple program to mount/unmount an od
0.8source/yap.tar.Z B 8.5x11" multi-page postscript previewer mods for Yap
0.8source/Cyberlink.tar.Z B Button-launch preset programs + arguments
0.8source/award.tar.Z B Generate an award certificate to print
as well as a few the new 0.9 release:
0.9source/LockScreen-2.0.tar.Z B Lock Window environment (only under 0.9)
0.9source/Pseudo.tar.Z B Start commands with command line args
0.9source/fsectbyname.tar.Z B Look at and change Mach segments
0.9source/macsnd.tar.Z B Play Mac sound files
None of these seem to have been archived on any collection I can easily find.
Does anyone know of Next FTP archives from this time period, whether Purdue or any other source?