Just pulled this out of dad's storage and plugged he cables in. What do /g/uys?
Inb4 messy desk, install gentoo etc
>>43175092
install gentoo
you asked for it
install arch linux
Turn it on
>>43175092
Tiny Core or Kolibri
>>43175105
>>43175107
No CDROM, only a floppy disk drive. Post link to gentoo/arch floppy disk images?
>>43175092
Put some kind of thin client and use it as a dumb terminal to your main server.
Or go fuck yourself. Both work for me.
>>43175092
Install Windows 95
HOLY FUCK A NEXTSTATION.
That thing is probably worth twice as much as your dad's car at this point.
>>43175125
usb maybe?
for floppies... there may, JUST MAY still be something from Slackware you could use
>>43175092
What is that thing on the right leading to the keyboard?
>>43175121
Whelp. That worked well
>>43175125
KolibriOS is written entirely in assembly and can fit on a single floppy drive.
>>43175148
>no CDROM
>immediately ask does it have a USB
Wow
>>43175148
>doesn't have cd drive
>expecting it to have usb
>>43175161
Ha got me
>help
how much are you willing to sell the mouse for
>>43175125
if you can get windows 8 on floppies you can get gahnoo/loonix on a floppy
just might take a few
>>43175180
googled error code 65- since it's been in the garage, check to see if the hard drive's still there. if it is, reseat it, because it might not be able to sense it
>>43175184
You mean this one, in perfect condition with the badge and ball? Nada, sorry man. Are you a collector?
Look out mother fuckers! This bitch has a Motorola 68040 pushing 25 Mhz.
Comes with 4, you read that right 4 COLORS!
All kidding aside it does have a modem, I DEMAND YOU GET ON THE INTERNET AND SHOW US WHAT /g/ looks like!
>>43175209
It is monochrome I think
Resistors. I should maybe install them
>>43175205
i have some old nextstation stuff, but not one of those beautiful block mice :(
have fun with it tho!
>>43175237
careful not to void the warranty
In all reality man this thing is a gold mine. It's worth a tidy sum to a collector. Over 1000 dollars at least.
>>43175237
Don't fuck with it without knowing what you're doing. It's a collector piece, don't break it further.
>>43175237
does it have an external scsi port as well or just that one?
Must have had an external hooked up before. I'm looking where the packs go now. No worries. I am a professional. ;)
>>43175263
>1000
A week's pay, eh? Yup, that's definitely a goldmine!
>>43175191
>>43175180
The letter M (lowercase) really stands out with that font, it's almost obnoxious.
Not as difficult as I had thought.
>>43175337
>seagate
lasted longer than expected
>>43175302
1000 dollars is a few car payments.
If you make 1000 dollars in a regular work week you would be making over 200 dollars a day.
Sorry my description doesn't meet your high standards. Shine your shoes for you?
You can sell it for a 1000+$ easily.
>>43175302
>tfw McJob making $133 a week
#FML
Speaking of old machines, my boss dug out an old original Pixar animation machine in one of the shops wings. Shit was pretty cool.
retro-/g/ would like to hear about this, I'm sure.
Ok round 2
>proposterous time
>>43175395
This is getting good
>>43175395
>tfw y2k
>>43175345
>seagate a shit :^)
Old seagate is good.
Fuuuuuu
>>43175148
>no cd-rom
>usb?
were you born in the 2000s?
>>43175124
>>43175105
Why not leave NeXTSTEP on there? I think there's an emulator for it too somewhere.
I would get it running and play Doom on it, since NeXT computers were used to make a lot of the assets and code for the game.
>>43175165
>>43175167
Fuck you, I'm too young to appreciate it I guess...
>>43175408
/thread
thanks for the interdasting bread OP
>>43175407
>Old seagate is good.
Every single old computer that I obtained that doesn't boot contained a Seagate drive.
http://www.nextcomputers.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2650&sid=ffa2f61705a60dd68b2ad33367d7290b
Reseting it now
There are people in this thread *on this board* that make less than $1000 a week?? I make $35/hr and I'm just an intern lel. Still in college. And none of the people that work around me have CS degrees; they're just nerds.
>>43175147
This.
OP that's worth quite a bit on eBay.
Is this thing threatening to kill me??
>>43175408
Shouldn't it be pretty easy to bypass that?
>>43175349
That's only like, $25 an hour.
$15 is pretty damn standard for your run of the mill everyday warehouse employee.
Any truck driver with a CDL STARTS at about 25
Please go to school before you become one of those, I dropped out of highschool so minimum wage should be $15 an hour because I don't think I get paid enough to flip patties.
holy shit posting in a sweet fuckin' thread
op what the fuck are you doing, clean that shit up and sell it or put it on display
these type of threads keep me coming back to /g/.
Thanks OP.
>>43175477
>kill ^u
yup
It's stuck in single user mode after a soft restart. Guess I'll have to do it the *hard* way
>>43175350
>>43175263
How much is this worth? Not OP, btw.
>>43175555
I don't know.
You should check it out on eBay
>>43175408
call ur dad & say gimme ur pw bitch
>>43175551
Just kidding. I used the power button.
>>43175477
fucking destroy it OP it has gained sentience and is trying to overthrow humanity don't fucking let it kill us
Ugh. Delete system32?
>>43175160
This machine is probably older than you. Leave this discussion to the adults
run DOOM on it
and then Rollercoaster Tycoon
Btw, thanks for sticking with me through this /g/uys. I'm on a phone and can't make individual replies easily. Currently looking for a browser.
>>43175298
Beautiful innards
RIP Steve
>>43175484
You forget taxes. It would have to be OVER 25 an hour.
>>43175601
There you go..
A 1500$ for your dad. Or you should leave it to your kids? And make something around 20k
Oh shit
>>43175395
lol @ preposterous date
>>43175648
shit is gettin' real itt
>>43175648
>>43175613
HAHAOHSHIT
>>43175648
RUN DOOM NIGGA
>>43175613
>>43175648
MAN YOUR DAD WAS WAY AHEAD OF ME BRAH
>>43175648
Wat
Did your dad work for Id?
>>43175377
Where do you work?
>>43175124
>>43175160
KolibriOS is written in FASM, which is for x86 & x86_64. The NextStation uses a Motorola 68040, so KolibriOS will not run on it.
>>43175648
>DoomII.beta.NIHS.b.tar.gz
Did your dad work for ID, or did he just find a shareware floppy in a shitty gaming magazine 20 years ago?
>>43175687
A computer repair shop with ~40,000 square feet of computer and electronic parts and junk ranging from 1921 to present.
We have an osborne enterprise if that means anything to you.
Crossing my fingers
>>43175686
>>43175693
Not that rare:
https://ftp.nice.ch/pub/next/games/action/
>>43175704
>I'm Too You to Die
Pussy ass bitch nigga
>>43175555
how much are these worth?
>>43175704
make weebum
>>43175704
No dice. No errors either.
>>43175555
That just looks like SDRAM. A little rare, but not nearly as rare as RDRAM.
>>43175699
>>43175712
I know. I asked just in case. A man can dream, can't he?
>>43175733
Are you trying to run it from the tar gzip?
Omniweb or net surfer?
>>43175748
We have a website and an online seller list on ebay.
Throw me an email and I'll send you the link.
>>43175767
You have ethernet up and running?
Only bootp support from what I remember, so you'll have to set a static IP
>>43175755
Yeah maybe I am. I never used openstep before. It seems though it was decompressed to /tmp first though
>>43175772
gib
not him though, but also interested
>>43175772
Not last poster but I'll take that offer too! if you don't mind! [email protected]
>all these anons telling OP to wipe a functional NeXTSTEP install and turn it into just another Linux box
>>43175785
aight.
http://www.edgardigital.com
Sorry, it was 7000 sq feet. Not 40000. Not sure what I was thinking. Probably fucking warhammer 40k or something.
>>43175165
>>43175167
>>43175416
It's not entirely unreasonable. There has to be some kind of adapter on the market that you can connect to a serial port or whatever it has.
>>43175782
The path in the Launcher points to /LocalApps/Doom.app
Is anything there?
>>43175818
7,000's still a shitload though.
I wish I lived in New Mexico right now ;_;
>>43175818
That's still a lot of space for computer stuff.
>>43175819
SCSI, duh
>>43175817
Are you frustrated?
>>43175092
ÿou have a messy desk install gentoo etc.
>>43175826
No just doomii.app. I'm thinking it won't work unless is get the right one. Also I had the doom1 wad, but not the app.
>>43175842
yep. Just a little background info.
We have our main section where we do normal repairs and sell modern parts. We have an overstock section adjacent which, as its name inplies is overstocked with a million cards and motherboards and hard drives and such.
We have a seperate Audio and Video isle for all a/v equipment.
We have an A warehouse which houses our printers, desktops/monitors, Apple isle (from the original Apple II to the Mac G5 and above) and network isle.
Then we have B warehouse which houses our lab and test equipment as well as al computer components like resistors, caps, plugs, etc.
Then there is C warehouse which is literally just parts of oooolllld metal shit.
We also have a back yard called the B bay because you have to go through B warehouse to get to it. It's a graveyard of mounds and mounds of copper scrap, PSU's, HDD's, Motherboards, and some Cars and Vans.
So yeah. That's basically it.
Oh we also have Two Ebay rooms for ebay selling.
>>43175817
we thought it wasn't functional though, that's how it was somewhat conveyed
glad he didn't though, this is better
Well I'm lost trying to set the IP address
>>43175892
oops wrong thread
>>43175484
>Only 25$ an hour
Confirmed Australian. That means your opinion doesn't mean shit since a bag of chips cost 100$ there.
>>43175896
Oh of course, I forgot the "Museum" in which we house all our old stuff like Commodores and Osbornes and (previously) Mac G3's and such.
>>43175898
Problem was people who don't know what they're talking about suggesting Linux on m86k
>>43175906
ipconfig
>>43175929
>people who don't know what they're talking about
the actual name for /g/
>>43175929
And yes I know about http://www.linux-m68k.org/ but it's not Puppy or Ubuntu or whatever
>>43175906
Should be a control panel for network
>>43175952
>i know because i just googled it in a hurry so i could save face
>>43175906
Try this m8
http://www.cilinder.be/docs/next/NeXTStep/3.3/nsa/02_QuickStart.htmld/index.html#2set
>>43175952
damage
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>>43175906
>>43175967
Try HostManager.app
>>43175967
It failed to set the host name, address, and also had no way to set a name server. :/
>>43175896
>>43175928
Sounds pretty sick! I've been to a place like that in San Jose.
Warehouse type electronics stores are the best. I get lost for hours poking around and finding cool stuff.
>>43176002
Have to edit /etc/resolv.conf for name servers.
Might need to clear NetInfo shit
Check >>43175982
>>43175988
Nice work. Has to reboot though.
>>43175952
https://wiki.debian.org/M68k/Status
>>43176051
lol @ rebooting to apply network changes
Proof Steve didn't have all the answers
>>43176083
I know right? I was disappointed, frankly. Still waiting for reboot.
>>43175914
I have no idea what you're on about
>>43175896
>>43175928
ur job sounds like a cs map B^)
>>43175092
Is that keyboard MECHANICAL?
Op here. Networking isn't working so well.
>>43176270
What's wrong?
>>43176270
Think I figured it out. This is more awkward than the windows registry.
>>43175377
Does it happen to have the marionette animation software on it?
I'm assuming it's an SGI Indigo2, that's what they used to make Toy Story with.
>>43176340
http://www.cilinder.be/docs/next/NeXTStep/3.3/nsa/11_MixedNet.htmld/index.html
Don't forget resolv.conf
I wanna see /g/ on there tonight
>>43175555
$5555
Linux-GNU systems still look like this in some setups.
>>43176340
Nice thread, OP. Thanks for the pics.
>>43176400
Thanks for the link. I wanna get it there too!
I am fucking jealous.
Best thread I had seen in this board in the last years.
I am so fucking jealous.
Save it OP, in 20 years time that computer will be worth at least 20-40k especially since it's in working order.
Not able to change the host name or ip. Text boxes are not even editable
>>43176579
Try to browse 4chan faggit.
>>43175148
Get a load of this scrub
>>43176579
I'm just going to change it on my router. Much easier than dicking around with option field that cannot be edited.
>>43176579
25yo and already had a GUI and a web browser. that's pretty neat !
>browsing the web on the same kind of machine Tim Berners-Lee created the WWW...
>>43176627
Your config won't work as shown
Try http://www.nextcomputers.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2285
and or http://www.nextcomputers.org/NeXTfiles/Docs/TjLs%20Cable%20Modem%20Guide.pdf
I think I've got it! The GUI tools seems pretty useless. Editing /etc/hostconfig is easy. Using vi from the 80's isn't though, so pico it is.
>>43176642
Yeah. The GUI tools were letting me edit some fields
>>43176700
Not sure how automatic netmask works. Might want to set that (probably 255.255.255.0)
>>43176700
ping 4chan.org
>>43175320
1 of 1713, I chuckled pretty damn hard.
>>43176723
Ok
>tfw no ping command
>>43176828
Read the PDF at >>43176642
/etc/ping
I'm beginning to think this computer was botched from the start. Why is ping in /etc?
>>43176876
>Q: Why is ping in /etc?
>Q: Why is /home renamed /User in OSX?
A: Steve Jobs was fucking insane.
>>43176876
Because NeXT
Holy shit it works!
Well, a little closer. Damn you moot!
>>43176876
hah
bretty cool thread opie
>>43176876
..it...is...communicating !
now, make it your main machine for a week and post in the retro thread!
>>43174957
>>43176913
Try the other browser?
Also, I believe you can get Netscape for NeXT, if neither of those work.
>>43176913
wat
Any other sites work?
Try the other browser
Wow, TCP/ IP and HTTP it still is somewhat compatible after all these years.
>>43176947
Amazing and a little disappointing at the same time
>>43176913
Oh shit, I wonder if it even supports HTTP/1.1
Going to that IP raw returns a 403
I wish you guys could hear this SCSI drive. I feel like I'm shortening it's life severely. It's just so loud.
>>43176975
The drive in my se/30 is the same, but its been going for a few years since i got it without issues
>>43176975
You should hear my Amiga's first RLL drive, it sounded like a bandsaw.
Oops. It makes sends why it was using an external drive before.
>>43176975
it's normal, they never were designed to have a silent motor like the actual hdds.
>>43176947
...yes, are you surprised or something?
>>43176970
Could use something like this on another machine: http://www.jwz.org/hacks/http10proxy.pl
>>43177026
Time to clear /tmp?
God damn it
>>43177074
fucking DRM
>>43177074
lol change your clock to an NeXT-era date
>>43177074
>>43177113
(note: this pre-release version expires and will no longer function after September 30, 1996)
>>43177030
>...yes, are you surprised or something?
Yeah, the Wow was for that...
>>43175320
nigga you don't even know
>>43176631
He used a cube.
Anybody know why these apps all have n I h and s variants?
>>43177074
http://www.boutell.com/faq/oldfaq/bnext.htm
>>43177156
Is this seriously a real thing?
>>43177196
8.1 floppies are only in Japan, I guess they're the only ones who have time/space for 3711 fucking floppy disks
>>43177196
>>Is this seriously a real thing?
Yes, they were/are available in Japan. Japan is notorious for being stuck in the 80s in many ways.
If it isn't broke...
>>43175092
FYI those tar gzips labeled NIHS contain fat binaries for the NeXT (68k), Intel, RISC and SPARC platforms and take up a lot of space. You could delete them if you find them here http://www.nextcomputers.org/NeXTfiles/Software/ (or just Google the filenames) and download the N-only packages (if you ever get a working browser)
>>43176913
Try this maybe? http://retro.hackaday.com/
>>43177228
I dont think that such a thing is real.
>>43177192
NeXT
Intel
RISC (?)
SPARC
See >>43177255
>>43177192
>apps
no... pls, don't
Waiting....
>>43177281
SHIIIIIIT
>>43177278
Nextstep applications are called apps.
>>43177278
Are you really concerned about the term "app" when referring to the NeXT which literally uses the ".app" extension for "apps?"
>>43177273
H is for HPPA 7100 or PA-RISC http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PA-RISC
>>43177281
Oh boi, dis gun be gud
>>43177281
History is happening right now, right here
>>43177312
The app file extension was OK for me. I hate calling programs apps. I prefer to call them programs.
>>43177281
How much RAM does this thing have?
>>43177353
Why?
>>43177281
Dat UI
Installing WindowMaker
>>43177363
8mb. Not enough. 4 is used up right away with nothing running. It is just stalled, swapping, ATM.
>>43177363
One of those POST screenshots said 8MB.
Better turn off images.
>>43177353
.app is short for Application bundle
All this NS shit made its way over to OS X
Deal with it
>>43177383
try downloading more ram
>>43177383
Swapping to a full disk? Rekt
>25MHz 68040
>8MB
Jesus, my Amiga 4000 has more horsepower. I can't imagine how tortured that thing is right now.
>>43177374
Its a mix of my hatred for Apple slogans and commercials and the aesthetics of how the word sounds. Program, much better.
>>43177399
But I said that I am OK with the app file extension.
>>43177299
>>43177312
then this shit is cancer patient zero... damn it.
>>43177449
Yeah, I figured. That's a really poor reason to tell other people not to use the word.
>>43177281
Thanks for the thread OP I'm genuinely enjoying myself
This thing is a beast. Swapping a full disk and it just takes it. Very stable. I just deleted the doom1 wad though. I've now got 12mb free space.
>SGMLToRTF
Really? It converts HTML it to RTF and renders that?
>>43177487
I never said that...
I dont say to people not to use it...
I dislike what I dislike, thats it.
>>43175457
lol they're just nerds...FUCK YOU NORMAL
>>43177490
Thanks!
>>43177420
Amiga is for babbys
Nobody at CERN had an Amiga except the researcher's children, everyone at CERN had NeXT workstations.
Also if Steve Jobs ever learned one thing was optimization.
>>43177485
Yes, in 1989, way before app stores, the iPhone, Apple's walled garden, etc. Thus proving there is no actual relation.
>>43177507
HTMLToSGML first per >>43177281
>>43177513
Not same guy but it could be argued that posting "what you dislike" in a thread is implying that people should stop using that word/term
and also adds nothing to the discussion at hand
>>43177531
Could you people stop hijacking this awesome thread with your shitty argument? No one gives a fuck what you like or dislike, go fuck yourselves you cancerous ass polyps.
Just out of curiosity, is there any way to get color video out of a NeXT computer like this?
>>43177507
DOOM.WAD NO
TOT
>>43175896
Dang OP, my dad used to teach at NMSU, Shiprock fag reporting in
>>43177521
NASA used Amigas well into the 2000s because it was the the only one that multitasked reliably enough. But this isn't the thread for that.
>>43177420
Yeah this needs at least 16mb ram. It is a little slow, but not annoying. This browser though is awful.
>>43177507
>I just deleted the doom1 wad though
;_;
>>43177639
I know. :(. I didn't have the app to run it. Anyway the wad is easy to find.
>>43177621
Fucking beautiful.
>>43177621
I came!
>>43177621
OH MY GOD!
This thread needs to be archived
>>43177560
It does not imply anything.
I tend to chill out and try to have fun and relaxed conversation over here and not to be strictly structured in thread topics, as I hope everyone else does.
>>43177621
GLORIOUS
>>43177656
Definitely going to save this thread.
>>43177595
Any source for that?
>>43177656
>>43177682
/g/ is automatically archived and has been since like 2010
>>43177701
Where is that archive?
Op here. Thank you everyone again for hanging out. I know it's late. It's been fun getting this old computer going with your support. It's difficult to quote using my phone, but I would be doing more if I could.
I'm going to try posting in this thread from the nextstation next.
>>43176450
>>43175555
>$5555
>>43177621
if you goy had a pass you might be able to post from it, or will it in to js?
>>43177713
Try to get a browser that supports Javascript at least for posting.
>>43177688
Not him, but have a look at this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAPD9HA8Unw
>>43177701
I know, but they archive sites don't always get all of the images.
>>43177713
Good luck, OP!
>>43177713
Probably not but can it take screenshots, some screens from a native next box would be awesome, other than that, im amazed thaT it still operates today, speaks volumes about the long term viability of ip and http
>>43177725
IIRC reCAPTCHA works without JavaScript.
>>43177725
No js. There was a time a month ago or so when 4chans js was borked, but it still kinda worked. Maybe it will
Be ok? Probably not.
>>43177728
>try to find a js-enabled browser for 25 year old hardware
It's a goddamned miracle that the thing powered on in the first place, let alone got as far as it did.
>>43177712
Rebecca Black Tech
>>43177621
Wow, fucking awesome OP. Great job today.
>>43177713
Best of luck with everything in your life forever, OP.
>>43177746
No problem man. I was just saying because I thought CAPTCHA needed that stuff. Best thread in years really! I dont remember the last time I got hooked up to a thread on 4chan like in this one...
>>43177742
sum1 git dis nigga a pass, stat.
>poorfag here or I would
>>43175320
>>43175477
>AFTER 1000 YEARS I HAVE AWAKENED
YOU'VE DOOMED US ALL
>>43175121
/thread
