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History Of The NeXT Platform

Posted by timothy on from the now-previous dept.

ToothBrush writes "OSNews published an article about the BSD/Mach-based NeXT Platform, discussing its history and its capabilities back then. The article has lots of screenshots and it is generally a good introduction --of the once innovative platform-- for younger readers who are unaware of the inheritance that lead to Mac OS X."

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  1. NeXT is a camero. by sirmikester · · Score: 0, Troll

    Quote:
    "That machine was selling for $10,000 US back in 1991 in the configuration I received (33 Mhz, larger hdd, 32 MB of RAM, color 17" monitor, sound unit). We purchased it for only $330 USD"

    Its interesting to see how much a machine like that depreciates in value. Its sorta like that Camero you bought in 1991 for 10 grand, and now its all rusted and dented and you sell it to some punk kid at the destruction derby for 300 bucks... think about it.

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