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Xref: sserve comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:3298 comp.unix.bsd:12098 comp.os.mach:3015 Newsgroups: comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.unix.bsd,comp.os.mach Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!news.service.uci.edu!gordius!frsvnsvn!kurt From: kurt@frsvnsvn.cts.com (Kurt Werle) Subject: Re: Anyone has experiences of NeXTSTEP? Message-ID: <1993Jun11.002146.15665@frsvnsvn.cts.com> Followup-To: comp.sys.next.advocacy Keywords: NeXTSTEP Reply-To: rmyers@dec5200.acs.uci.edu Organization: little to none References: <1993Jun9.032038.1087@rai.juice.or.jp> <1993Jun10.015221.20104@kronos.arc.nasa.gov> Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1993 00:21:46 GMT Lines: 34 In article <1993Jun10.015221.20104@kronos.arc.nasa.gov> simpson@kronos.arc.nasa.gov (Kenneth H. Simpson) writes: >In article <1993Jun9.032038.1087@rai.juice.or.jp> tetsuji@rai.juice.or.jp (Tetsuji Rai) writes: >> Title says it all. >> I want to know about the graphic capabilities, network capabilities, >>and supported cards for network, and graphics and its speed. >> >>Tetsuji > >I'm interested in NeXStep for the i486 - is it Mt Xinu's Mach386 with >the NeXTStep GUI? Is it possible to build a Mach3.0 kernel? Does it >support EISA bus (or anyother bus other than the AT bus?) Is there an >upper bound on the physical memory (16 Mbytes?) I suggest that you ask at comp.sys.next.advocacy, but I'll answer here in case you don't get csna. NS for Intel (or any platform, for that matter) *AS I UNDERSTAND IT* (and I'm typing from a NeXT) CMU's Mach 2.5, as hacked up by NeXT. 'BSD Unix' on that NeXTSTEP 'on that'. Supports TCP/IP, and Novell (plug and play -- a joy), Appletalk is now 3rd party. Graphics on intel (currently): up to 24 bit, 1024 x 812 +/- Runs great if you have a moderately nice machine, slow if you don't put in enough memory. As for busses/cards supported, there's a (constantly updated) compatibility guide. Memory max depends on your hardware (My NeXT could go to 32Meg (old NeXT )). The 3.0 kernel... I dunno. I heard that someone made PLAN 9 run on a NeXT box, so I guess anything's possible...