NeXTcube Turbo
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| type = Workstation
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| releasedate = {{Start date and age|1992|04|07}}[http://www.nextcomputers.org/NeXTfiles/Docs/Press_releases/next_ships_turbo_nextcube.pdf NeXT Press release], ...NeXT Ships its "Turbo" NeXTcube On Time...April 7, 1992 - NeXT Computer, Inc.....has begun shipments...NeXTcube Turbo workstation.
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| discontinued = 1995
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| os = NeXTSTEP, OPENSTEP, NetBSD (limited support)
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| cpu = Motorola 68040 @ 33 MHz, 56001 digital signal processor (DSP)
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| memory = 16–128 MB
| display = 1120×832 2-bpp grayscale
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| dimensions = 1-foot (305 mm) die-cast magnesium cube-shaped case
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| predecessor = NeXTcube
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The NeXTcube Turbo is a high-end workstation computer developed, manufactured and sold by NeXT. It superseded the earlier NeXTcube workstation and is housed in the same cube-shaped magnesium enclosure. It runs the NeXTSTEP operating system.
Hardware
The NeXTcube Turbo is a development of the earlier NeXTcube. It differs from its predecessor in having a 33 MHz 68040 processor.
The NeXTdimension board can also be used in the NeXTcube Turbo.
There was also a very rare accelerator board known as the Nitro; between 5 and 20 are estimated to have been made. It increased the speed of a NeXTcube Turbo by replacing the standard 33 MHz processor with a 40 MHz one.[http://www.channelu.com/NeXT/Black/Nitro/index.html NeXT Nitro Information] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990424102817/http://www.channelu.com/NeXT/Black/Nitro/index.html |date=April 24, 1999 }}
Specifications
- Display: 1120×832 17" grayscale MegaPixel Display
- Operating system: NeXTSTEP, OPENSTEP
- CPU: 33 MHz 68040 with integrated floating-point unit
- Digital signal processor: 25 MHz Motorola DSP56001
- RAM: 16 MB, expandable to 128 MB (Four 72-pin SIMM slots)
- Floppy Drive: 2.88 MB (optional)
- Hard Drive: 400 MB, 1.4 GB or 2.8 GB SCSI drive
- Expansion: four NeXTbus slots (mainboard uses one slot)
- Size (H × W × D): 12" × 12" × 12"[http://www.nextcomputers.org/NeXTfiles/Docs/Hardware/nextcube.pdf NeXTcube brochure]
See also
References
External links
- [https://old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=277 old-computers.com — NeXTcube]
- [http://www.nextcomputers.org NeXTComputers.org]
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