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NeXTStep/OpenStep
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The #Previous packages at wmlive.rumbero.org/repo/pool/main/p/previous/ have been updated to version 4.1-r1777.
The binary packages were built for target release Debian/Trixie and CPU architectures i386, amd64, and arm64. -
Installing #OpenStep or #Rhapsody for x86 includes „You need a shittier #SCSI host adapter“, two bad floppy drives and a Kernel Panic 🙄
It was easier when I just had a weak AHA-2940 and a Sym53C810 instead of that pile of fancy UltraWide stuff. #scsinightmare
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Wie der NeXT-Kauf Steve Jobs zurück zu Apple brachte
Am 20. Dezember 1996 kaufte Apple die Computerfirma NeXT, die Steve Jobs nach seinem Abschied aus Cupertino gegründet hatte. Der Deal brachte nicht nur neue Software, sondern auch Jobs selbst zurück zu Apple.Apple übernimmt NeX
https://www.apfeltalk.de/magazin/news/wie-der-next-kauf-steve-jobs-zurueck-zu-apple-brachte/
#News #Tellerrand #Apple #AppleGeschichte #GilAmelio #MacOSX #macOS #NeXT #NeXTStep #OpenStep #Pixar #SteveJobs -
I'm considering trying out a #RadxaX4 for my #NeXTcube mini for a native #OPENSTEP 4.2 installation. Since it's #x86 #Intel hardware (N100), that should be possible, right? 🤔
#NeXTComputer #RetroComputer #VintageComputer #Replicas #Radxa #SBC
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Here is a demo showing how such software produces a human voice.
#NeXT #NEXTSTEP #NeXTstation #NeXTCube #OS #OpenStep #DisplayPostScript #PostScript #GUI #UNIX#apple #macos #mac -
Thinking of NEXTSTEP this morning...I'd guess many aren't aware of the unusual color display arrangement.
The NeXTstation, which was the first "affordable" color solution for NEXTSTEP, has a 16-bit framebuffer, but instead of rendering the desktop in 65,536 colors (as per Windows or Mac hardware, say), it rendered in 12-bit color with 4-bits of alpha channel (transparency).
That means it had a palette of 4096 colors, with all colors available at once on the display (not like, say, the Amiga or Apple IIgs with a 4096 color palette, but video modes with a small subset of those colors available (yes, yes, HAM mode excluded). Additionally, anything on the screen had 16 levels of opacity available.
It's interesting to see in person, on the actual hardware (especially on a good LCD display). With dithering, it looks very close to 24-bit truecolor.
(The NeXT Dimension color board for the Cube allowed 24-bit color with 8-bits alpha, but that was not so frequently used -- less so than most NeXT hardware even...)
But that's not nearly the weirdest that NEXTSTEP-capable hardware got, when it came to color video display...
#NeXT #NEXTSTEP #NeXTstation #NeXTCube #OS #OpenStep #DisplayPostScript #PostScript #GUI #UNIX #MC68K #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #computinghistory #SteveJobs #tech
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Episódio 156 – NeXT e NeXTSTEP – Parte B
https://retropolis.com.br/2024/09/11/episodio-156-parte-b/
#Podcast #AfterSTEP #AldusFreehand #AltsysVirtuoso #Apple #canon #CarnegieMellon #CERN #Cocoa #Copland #Darwin #Doom #DoomII #FVWM #GilAmelio #JohnCarmack #Linux #MacOSX #Mach #NeXT #NeXTSoftwareInc #NeXTCube #NeXTstation #NEXTSTEP #objectstation #ObjectiveC #OPENSTEP #PizzaBox #podcast #Postscript #Previous #Quake #Retrocomputao #Retrpolis #Rhapsody #SistemaOperacional #slab #SteveJobs #Tal
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I've been playing with the #WindowMaker version of #Debian recently, just to remember the old, good #NextSTEP, #OpenSTEP era. I used to have a #NeXTStation but I sold it locally for $300 just before I left US for Greece. It could probably fetch thousands on eBay, but I didn't want to deal with shipping such a heavy item.
Ah, I miss the old #SiliconValley. Back when there was actually room to innovate in ways that were revolutionary, and not just additive.
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@mos_8502 I am completely clueless: afaik nextstep renders using postscript - so it’s kind of a vector format. What is at the core of GNUstep that you (have to) deal with pixels? #openstep #displaypostscript #gnustep
