NeXTcube
Sign in to saveThe NeXTcube is a high-end workstation computer developed, manufactured, and sold by NeXT from 1990 to 1993. It superseded the original NeXT Computer workstation and is housed in a similar cube-shaped magnesium enclosure, designed by frog design. The workstation runs the NeXTSTEP operating system and was launched with a list price.
Key facts
- Information appliance.name
- NeXTcube
- Information appliance.image
- NeXTcube.jpg
- Information appliance.caption
- The base NeXTcube model
- Information appliance.developer
- NeXT
- Information appliance.manufacturer
- NeXT in Fremont, California
- Information appliance.type
- Workstation
- Information appliance.os
- NeXTSTEP, OPENSTEP, NetBSD (limited support)
- Information appliance.cpu
- Motorola 68040 @ 25 MHz, 56001 digital signal processor (DSP)
- Information appliance.storage
- 400 MB, 1.4 GB, or 2.8 GB hard drive2.88 MB floppy drive
- Information appliance.memory
- 8–64 MB
- Information appliance.display
- 1120×832 2-bpp grayscale
- Information appliance.connectivity
- Ethernet
- Information appliance.dimensions
- 1-foot (305 mm) die-cast magnesium cube-shaped case
- Information appliance.predecessor
- NeXT Computer
- Information appliance.successor
- NeXTcube Turbo
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The NeXTcube is a high-end workstation computer developed, manufactured, and sold by NeXT from 1990 to 1993. It superseded the original NeXT Computer workstation and is housed in a similar cube-shaped magnesium enclosure, designed by frog design. The workstation runs the NeXTSTEP operating system and was launched with a list price.
==Hardware== The NeXTcube is the successor to the original NeXT Computer, with a 25 MHz 68040 processor, a hard disk in place of the magneto-optical drive, and a floppy disk drive. NeXT offered a 68040 system board upgrade (and NeXTSTEP 2.0) for . A 33 MHz NeXTcube Turbo was later produced.