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Re:LT6502: A 6502-based homebrew laptop by aa-jv on Monday February 16, 2026 @05:17AM (#47033253)
NextStep looked pretty dated too, but it went through a nice evolution to bring it up to modern design standards .. if SGI had made that laptop and increased their marketshare I'm pretty sure Irix would've gotten a face-lift.

Anyway, its all about that alternative-universe, where the success of the SGI tiBook has everyone running Irix in their pockets ..

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Re:LT6502: A 6502-based homebrew laptop by rbanffy on Monday February 16, 2026 @06:01AM (#47033585)
When NeXT acquired Apple (for one Steve Jobs, getting $400 million as change) OPENSTEP was not dated - it still looked impressive next to MacOS 9 and Windows. And CDE, of course, but that’s a very low bar.
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Re:LT6502: A 6502-based homebrew laptop by aa-jv on Monday February 16, 2026 @06:37AM (#47033840)
It didn't look as great as Irix did back then, though ..
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Re:LT6502: A 6502-based homebrew laptop by rbanffy on Monday February 16, 2026 @07:21AM (#47034128)
No, but it had text anti-aliasing. That looked pretty neat, the one thing I wish SGI had done.

That and powering their GUI to Linux.

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