NeXTSTEP (& OpenSTEP) in 86box

[Darwheel]

Posted about this on reddit a while back, haven't tried other versions yet, but this was roughly the setup i had to run NeXTSTEP in a PC-emulator called "86box" (While following the guide as presented on betawiki, i had some alterations to fit what current versions of 86box have...):

◊ NeXTSTEP 3.3:

• Motherboard = Socket 4 Intel Premiere/PCI ED
• Processor = Pentium Overdrive
• RAM = The maximum offered RAM as by what the choosen motherboard can provide
• Mouse = PS/2
• Network = None unfortunately due to 86box not including what NeXTSTEP 3.3 can support
• CD Drive = the default as 86box provides

◊ OpenSTEP 4.2:

• CPU = Intel Pentium Overdrive II
• RAM = The maximum offered RAM as by what the chosen motherboard can provide
• Network = [PCI] DECchip 21140 "Tulip FasterNet" (Unfortunately never was truly able to test it)

[Darwheel]

I do have the disk & machine images up on my mac and i can compress and send those over to anybody who asks.

[itomato]

Oh yeah, 86box is great. I am doubling down on it for the moment, trying to bring in some NeXT-specific hardware support and out-of-the-box configurations for NeXTStep, Openstep and Rhapsody DR2 (Darwin, even?)

[Rhetorica]

Oh yeah, 86box is great. I am doubling down on it for the moment, trying to bring in some NeXT-specific hardware support and out-of-the-box configurations for NeXTStep, Openstep and Rhapsody DR2 (Darwin, even?)

Oh shit, you're here! That saves me so much time trying to track down contact info. We've all been watching your Github commits. 👀

Welcome home!