NeXT Computer

By admin , 15 December 2015
NeXT Computer
Description

The NeXT Computer (also called the NeXT Computer System) was a workstation computer developed, manufactured, and sold by NeXT Inc., a company founded by Steve Jobs and several other veterans of the Macintosh and Lisa teams, from 1988 until 1990. It ran the Mach and BSD derived, Unix-based NeXTSTEP operating system, with a unique GUI using a Display PostScript based back end. The motherboard was square and fit into one of four identical slots in the enclosure. The NeXT Computer enclosure consisted of a 1-foot (305 mm) die-cast magnesium cube-shaped, black case, which led to the machine being informally referred to as "The Cube". It cost US$6,500.

Year First Manufactured
1988

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