NeXTSTEP on the HP 712 Part 1: Installation

Re:NeXTSTEP on the HP 712 Part 1: Installation by cmrdporcupine on Wednesday January 22, 2020 @07:58AM (#22117121)

I _almost_ convinced my parents to buy me a cube as a HS graduation present.

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Re:NeXTSTEP on the HP 712 Part 1: Installation by mschaef on Wednesday January 22, 2020 @10:30AM (#22118326)

I tried (and failed).

Once I got to college, the basement of my dorm had a computer shop that specialized in x86 NeXTStep hardware. I tried to find a way to make that work too, but the costs were just too high. You didn't need just a 486DX2/66, it had to have EISA, 32MB RAM, lots of SCSI disk, and the like. It was easily a $6-7K proposition.

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Re:NeXTSTEP on the HP 712 Part 1: Installation by lallysingh on Wednesday January 22, 2020 @09:07AM (#22117608)

They were all for it until they saw the price?

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Re:NeXTSTEP on the HP 712 Part 1: Installation by cmrdporcupine on Wednesday January 22, 2020 @10:34AM (#22118360)

I seem to remember it being basically a deal of co-signing a loan and helping with a deposit and considering it part of my first year uni tuition. But it really was way too expensive.

Ended up getting a 486 50mhz and running very early (like pre 1.0) Linux on it. That scratched a bit of the itch :-)

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