NeXTstation

Overview

NeXT overhauled their entire line in Sept. 1990, introducing the NeXTstation as a smaller, less costly alternative to the Cube. At just under $5,000, it offered Quadra 900 speed at about the same price as a Mac IIsi 5/80 with a 12" b&w screen. And the NeXTstation included more memory, a larger hard drive, a 17" b&w display, and ethernet (the IIsi still used LocalTalk).

Details

introduced Sept. 1990 at $4,995 with monitor
display: 1120x832 17" grayscale
OS: requires NeXTstep 2.0 or later
CPU: 25 MHz 68040
performance: 15 MIPS, 2 MFLOPS
ROM: 128 KB
RAM: 8 MB, expandable to 32 MB
VRAM: 256 KB
video: 1120 x 832 at 2-bits, supports 8-bit video with 2 MB VRAM upgrade, can support a color monitor
L2 cache: unknown
hard drive: 105 MB
floppy drive: 2.88 MB, not Mac compatible
networking: thinnet and 10Base-T ethernet
ADB ports: unknown
RS-423 serial ports: 2
parallel port: yes
SCSI-2 ports: 1
NuBus slots: none
PDS slot: none
size (HxWxD): 16" x 14" x 3"
weight: 14 lbs.
PRAM battery: 3V BR-2/3A

Online Resources

Commonly asked (by Mac users) questions about NextStep/OpenStep systems, Kevin Coffee. Best single-page resource I've seen about NeXT stuff.
If you know of good NeXT pages I should link to, please . Thanks!

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