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#51
Software / Re: The Adams Brothers: A New ...
Last post by Protocol 7 - Jun 09, 2026, 08:35 PMThey were also early supporters of BeOS. Releasing not just their own software for it but also the BeSpecific compilation CDs.
#52
Software / Re: The Adams Brothers: A New ...
Last post by Rhetorica - Jun 09, 2026, 03:43 PMGreat find! But obviously we can't just go around mentioning articles in NeXTWORLD without posting them, so...
#53
Software / The Adams Brothers: A New Oral...
Last post by wmlive - Jun 09, 2026, 10:16 AMJust stumbled over this great article from 2021 in Mastodon:
Meet the Adams Brothers: A New Oral History of Two Black Silicon Valley Entrepreneurs
»When Steve Jobs left Apple in 1985, the Adams brothers decided their best bet to make it big would be to get in on the ground floor of whatever Jobs was doing. That turned out to be founding computer and software company NeXT. True to their word, the brothers were among the first to create custom software for Jobs' new company, and Adamation received a major profile in the premier issue of NeXTWORLD magazine in 1991. Being an early adopter of NeXT and cultivating an important market relationship with Steve Jobs allowed the Adamses access to the Silicon Valley 5% elite and to parlay it into a profitable business, providing the foundation for the rest of their careers.«
Link: computerhistory.org/blog/meet-the-adams-brothers
Meet the Adams Brothers: A New Oral History of Two Black Silicon Valley Entrepreneurs
»When Steve Jobs left Apple in 1985, the Adams brothers decided their best bet to make it big would be to get in on the ground floor of whatever Jobs was doing. That turned out to be founding computer and software company NeXT. True to their word, the brothers were among the first to create custom software for Jobs' new company, and Adamation received a major profile in the premier issue of NeXTWORLD magazine in 1991. Being an early adopter of NeXT and cultivating an important market relationship with Steve Jobs allowed the Adamses access to the Silicon Valley 5% elite and to parlay it into a profitable business, providing the foundation for the rest of their careers.«
Link: computerhistory.org/blog/meet-the-adams-brothers
#54
Marketplace / Re: WTS: NeXTcube+dimension 04...
Last post by gdwnldsKSC - Jun 08, 2026, 10:31 PMI'd be interested in the dimension board itself, but would be open to the entire system if that's the only way you'll sell it
#55
Marketplace / Re: Repair parts for Canon EX-...
Last post by gdwnldsKSC - Jun 08, 2026, 10:29 PMIndeed, that is me!
For the canon SX parts sourcing, I have a lead on the vinyl blades that are required to make the toner cartridge print cleanly, so at minimum I can get those manufactured. I'm working on getting OPC drums and other parts to refurbish SX cartridges, which as you all know - SX engine is the NeXT laser printer engine.
For the canon SX parts sourcing, I have a lead on the vinyl blades that are required to make the toner cartridge print cleanly, so at minimum I can get those manufactured. I'm working on getting OPC drums and other parts to refurbish SX cartridges, which as you all know - SX engine is the NeXT laser printer engine.
#56
Marketplace / Repair parts for Canon EX-base...
Last post by Rhetorica - Jun 08, 2026, 10:12 PMDiscord member hunterkll, who used to be in the NeXT sales business, has repair kits (rollers and wiper blades) for toner cartridges based on the Canon EX core, including various makes of the HP LaserJet 4, 5, the DEClaser 5100, and Apple LaserWriter 4/600 and 640 PS. These printers are all serial-based PostScript devices and can be used with NeXT machines. hunterkll also reports that he's working on getting repair parts for the Canon SX cartridges, which he will likely provide to Rob at Black Hole.
See eBay listing here: https://www.ebay.com/itm/188268945527
Repair manual: https://www.uninetimaging.com/downloads/technical/TecArtWebAdded/Canon_LBP_EX_EP_E_Toner_Summit_Web.pdf
And tutorial video from one of hunterkll's customers:
See eBay listing here: https://www.ebay.com/itm/188268945527
Repair manual: https://www.uninetimaging.com/downloads/technical/TecArtWebAdded/Canon_LBP_EX_EP_E_Toner_Summit_Web.pdf
And tutorial video from one of hunterkll's customers:
#57
Software / Re: Postgres95 SQL
Last post by ptek - Jun 07, 2026, 06:04 AMAdded link to PDF version of postscript documentation converted by discmaster and GNUStep EO Adapter with source as seen in updated first post.
#58
Off Topic / Re: Gentoo adopts GNU/Hurd
Last post by ZombiePhysicist - Jun 06, 2026, 06:02 PM@Rhetorica thank you for all your amazing computer historical posts. I love them! Somehow i feel they would make a great computer history book or encyclopedia.
#59
Virtualization / Multiple instances
Last post by eike - Jun 04, 2026, 02:08 AMHello everyone,
my name is Eike
Big thanks to everyone working on the previous emulator
It works very good
I use the previous emulator to compile software for the cubes
Back then, we had many machines in the lab.
I want to extend the emulator to run many machines
I think we have to go at the config,
to have a boot disks per instance,
and to have each a separate telnet net address
we could then try to boot up a zoo of many cubes
It will be hard, to get all the zoo into netinfo.
Even harder to get all the machines to boot from bootp
But it shall be done
my name is Eike
Big thanks to everyone working on the previous emulator
It works very good
I use the previous emulator to compile software for the cubes
Back then, we had many machines in the lab.
I want to extend the emulator to run many machines
I think we have to go at the config,
to have a boot disks per instance,
and to have each a separate telnet net address
we could then try to boot up a zoo of many cubes
It will be hard, to get all the zoo into netinfo.
Even harder to get all the machines to boot from bootp
But it shall be done
#60
General Discussion / Re: [Video] CHM Live | Steve J...
Last post by ZombiePhysicist - Jun 03, 2026, 10:47 PMThanks so much for sharing!