The NeXTcube was a high-end workstation computer developed, manufactured, and sold by NeXT from 1990 until 1993. It superseded the original NeXT Computer workstation and is housed in a similar cube-shaped magnesium enclosure. The workstation runs the NeXTSTEP operating system and was launched with a US$10,000 list price.
Hardware
The NeXTcube was the successor to the original NeXT Computer. It differs from its predecessor in having a 25Â MHz 68040 processor, larger hard disks in place of the magneto-optical drive, and an optional floppy disk drive. A 33Â MHz NeXTcube Turbo was produced later.
NeXT released the NeXTdimension for the NeXTcube, a circuit board based on an Intel i860 processor, which offers 32-bit PostScript color display and video sampling features.
The Pyro accelerator board increases the speed of a NeXTcube by replacing the standard 25Â MHz processor with a 50Â MHz one.
Specifications
- Display: 1120×832 px 17" grayscale
- Operating System: NeXTstep 2.2 Extended or later
- CPU: 25Â MHz 68040 with integrated floating-point unit
- Digital Signal Processor: 25Â MHz Motorola DSP56001
- RAM: 16 MB, expandable to 64 MB
- Hard drive: 400 MB, 1.4GB or 2.8GB SCSI drive (optional)
- Size (H × W × D): 12" × 12" × 12"
See also
- NeXT Computer
- NeXTcube Turbo
- NeXTstation
- Power Mac G4 Cube, a similar cube computer from Apple.
- NeXT character set
References
External links
- old-computers.com â€" NeXTcube
- NeXTComputers.org
- Photo gallery of NeXT hardware
