NeXT Computers

protocol7 · Joined: 03 Sep 2008 Posts: 105

That makes sense. I would have been using the 030 emulation back then as 040 was still broken.

Good to hear that the 040 side is getting more fixes Smile

balrog · Joined: 20 Jul 2010 Posts: 23

I'd really like to get a hold of all these images!

Why not host on the Internet Archive? They are very happy to have this stuff and it generally stays up unless they receive a takedown request, which is very unlikely here. The upload page is at https://archive.org/upload .

mikeboss · Joined: 07 Dec 2011 Posts: 375 Location: switzerland

it looks like somebody has uploaded the whole collection to MEGA:

[url]https://mega.co.nz/#!h0IRgRLT!WiceqJA2LIhPbWJZvR6CmJstPZwOdZrun8gYo1e-Row[/url]

using Google Chrome to download is highly recommended...
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gaspar · Joined: 20 Jan 2006 Posts: 58

Got it!!

I didn't know there was a NS version 4.0

I do have a bunch of beta and interim versions with one_off patches.. (I'll upload when I have all the gear in one place)

thanks for the tip Very Happy

Last time I remember people were still bitchin' about not paying for the OS, etc.. I guess things have changed (for better in this case)

Not sure what to do from now if I wanted to boot off another drive.. (my Unix skills are very-very dusty. Downside from pushing paper all day).

-Gaspar

Mominul · Joined: 16 Jan 2014 Posts: 87 Location: Bangladesh

@mikeboss you can donate the images to WinWorld.

SomeGuy · Joined: 27 May 2014 Posts: 7

Is that NS 4 the NeXTStep 4.0 beta?

When I try to boot it, it asks for a User ID and password. What is it set to? "me" doesn't work.

Any chance of someone posting the original installation media for each? (I did find the NS 2.2, 3.2, and 3.0 images)

NeXTnewbe · Joined: 27 Oct 2006 Posts: 294 Location: UK

SomeGuy · Joined: 27 May 2014 Posts: 7

What "normal account"?

I tried to reset the password as per the instruction on the forum, but the passwd command tells me that the users "root" and "me" do not exists.

mikeboss · Joined: 07 Dec 2011 Posts: 375 Location: switzerland

somebody posted bundles with the OS images I created and Previous (Windows version) on the WinWorld site. each release can be downloaded separately ->

http://t.co/z8FhsaeMd1
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tomaz · Joined: 15 Apr 2006 Posts: 150 Location: Sark

mikeboss · Joined: 07 Dec 2011 Posts: 375 Location: switzerland

I'm pretty sure that the image of 1.0a posted by gtnicol was one that only was booted during creation at the factory ->

http://www.nextcomputers.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2642&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=235
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gtnicol · Joined: 27 Dec 2005 Posts: 533 Location: Rhode Island, USA

I think I might have a clean 0.8 too... let me look.

tomaz · Joined: 15 Apr 2006 Posts: 150 Location: Sark

mikeboss · Joined: 07 Dec 2011 Posts: 375 Location: switzerland

I still have the images and I just uploaded them to my webserver. I'll send you an e-mail with the link in a few minutes. here's the procedure I used to restore the image to an MO:

http://www.nextcomputers.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2642&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=248

EDIT: according to my e-mail history you already got the images on may 14th in 2014..????
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rcberwick · Joined: 17 Oct 2010 Posts: 22 Location: Cambridge, MA

Hi mikeboss,

do you mind saying how you dd'd the full images?
How did you capture the boot blocks?

I tried doing just a straight dd of /dev/sd0a, and this didn't
work for me (obviously - can't w/o boot blks...)
The size looks just a tad bit shorter compared to the 2.01G for your images.

Thanks for any tips.