On Fri, 20 May 2016, David Brownlee wrote: > Could be, though NeXTSTEP 3.x (for x>0) was definitely available on > Intel hardware - I remember helping support a bunch of Pentium 133 > "workstations" at Dreamworks running custom software under NeXTSTEP 3.3.
I know they do, too because I've run it myself. I have a copy of 3.3. See the directory tree below my sig. You just need to select your hardware *very* carefully. > They also mainly had Micropolis disks ("For all your data loss needs"). Oh, s*** ya, those things were total garbage. I'm convinced they made them from recycled blender parts and rust to save on materials cost. I had a few throughout the years. It got to the point that if I found any in a machine, I'd just convince management to replace them before they took someone's data out of commission like a Takada airbag in a Jamaican Summer. > This combined with NeXTSTEP's baroque install process and tendency to > occasionally crap out and destroy its own disk (I believe this was more > of an x86 only feature), meant production support spent a fair amount of > time reinstalling boxes. I've experienced this. It's very easy to mess up as you say. Use a sacrificial lamb of a box with nothing you care about. I'd recommend against trying it with a virtual machine. It runs slower than a octogenarian with ankle weights in a VM for whatever reason (once you spend hours fiddling with it to get it working). -Swift Swift's NextStep 3.3 collection: |-- 3.3_Boot_Disk.floppyimage |-- NextSTEP\ 3.3\ CISC\ (Intel\ x86+Motorola\ 68k).iso |-- drivers | |-- beta | | |-- AMDPCnet32.pkg.compressed | | |-- ATIRageDisplay.pkg.compressed | | |-- Adaptec1542BSCSI.pkg.compressed | | |-- Adaptec2940SCSI.pkg.compressed | | |-- BusLogicFPSCSI.pkg.compressed | | |-- DECChip21040net.pkg.compressed | | |-- DECChip21140Net.pkg.compressed | | |-- DECChip21142Net.pkg.compressed | | |-- DECChip21x4xNet.pkg.compressed | | |-- DiamondStealth.pkg.compressed | | |-- EIDE.pkg.compressed | | |-- EISABus.pkg.compressed | | |-- ES1x88Audio.pkg.compressed | | |-- EtherExpress16.pkg.compressed | | |-- EtherLink3.pkg.compressed | | |-- EtherLinkXL.pkg.compressed | | |-- HPXU_Display.pkg.compressed | | |-- IBMTokenRing.pkg.compressed | | |-- Intel82365PCIC.pkg.compressed | | |-- Intel82557Net.pkg.compressed | | |-- Intel82595Net.pkg.compressed | | |-- MatroxMGA2064W.pkg.compressed | | |-- Num9Imagine128s2.pkg.compressed | | |-- Number9Motion331.pkg.compressed | | |-- PCMCIABus.pkg.compressed | | |-- S3GenericDisplay.pkg.compressed | | |-- S3ViRGEDisplay.pkg.compressed | | |-- SCSITape.pkg.compressed | | |-- SoundBlaster16.pkg.compressed | | |-- ThinkPad760CD.pkg.compressed | | |-- ThinkPad760ED.pkg.compressed | | |-- TridentGeneric.pkg.compressed | | |-- WD90C24Display.pkg.compressed | | |-- XircomIIps.pkg.compressed | | |-- XircomNewave.pkg.compressed | | `-- YamahaOPLAudio.pkg.compressed | `-- released | |-- AIC6X60SCSI.pkg.compressed | |-- AMDPCnet32.pkg.compressed | |-- AMD_PC_SCSI.pkg.compressed | |-- ATIMach32.pkg.compressed | |-- ATI_Mach64.pkg.compressed | |-- Adaptec2740SCSI.pkg.compressed | |-- Adaptec2940SCSI,pkg.compressed | |-- BusLogicSCSI.pkg.compressed | |-- CL_GD5434.pkg.compressed | |-- CT_Wingine_64300.pkg.compressed | |-- Compaq_QVision.pkg.compressed | |-- DECChip21040.pkg.compressed | |-- DECChip21140.pkg.compressed | |-- DPTSCSI.pkg.compressed | |-- DiamondStealth.pkg.compressed | |-- EIDE.pkg.compressed | |-- EISABus.pkg.compressed | |-- ESS1x88Audio.pkg.compressed | |-- FTGISALightPen.pkg.compressed | |-- FTGSerLightPen.pkg.compressed | |-- IBMTokenRing.pkg.compressed | |-- ISA_Serial_Port.pkg.compressed | |-- Intel82365PC.pkg.compressed | |-- Intel824x0.pkg.compressed | |-- Intel82556.pkg.compressed | |-- Intel82557Net.pkg.compressed | |-- Intel82595Net.pkg.compressed | |-- Intel82596Net.pkg.compressed | |-- Matrox_MGA_Mill.pkg.compressed | |-- MedVisionJazz16.pkg.compressed | |-- Num9GXE64Pro.pkg.compressed | |-- Num9Motion771.pkg.compressed | |-- Num9_Imagine128.pkg.compressed | |-- PCMCIABus.pkg.compressed | |-- PS2Mouse.pkg.compressed | |-- Pegasus_Display.pkg.compressed | |-- PortServer.pkg.compressed | |-- S3_Generic.pkg.compressed | |-- SMC16.pkg.compressed | |-- SMCUltra.pkg.compressed | |-- SYM53c8.pkg.compressed | |-- SerialPointer.pkg.compressed | |-- SoundBlaster16.pkg.compressed | |-- ThinkPad755CX.pkg.compressed | |-- WeitekPower9100.pkg.compressed | |-- XircomNetwave.pkg.compressed | `-- XircomPerf.pkg.compressed |-- floppies | |-- 3.2_Addl_Drivers.floppyimage | |-- 3.2_Boot_Disk.floppyimage | |-- 3.2_Moto_Boot_Disk.floppyimage | |-- 3.3_Addl_Drivers.floppyimage | |-- 3.3_Beta_Drivers.floppyimage | |-- 3.3_Boot_Disk.floppyimage | |-- 3.3_Core_Drivers.floppyimage | |-- 3.3_Driver_Disk.floppyimage | |-- 3.3_Moto_Boot_Disk.floppyimage | `-- 3.3_PCCard_Install.floppyimage `-- patches |-- 3.3_Patch_1 | |-- 3.3DeveloperPatch.pkg.tar | |-- 3.3_HP_SPARC_Patch1.pkg.tar | |-- 3.3_Int_68k_Patch1.tar | |-- 3.3_Patch1_DNS_PostInstall | `-- 3.3_Patch1_Libs_PostInstall |-- 3.3_Patch_2 | |-- NS33CISCUserPatch2.tar | |-- NS33DeveloperPatch2.tar | `-- NS33RISCUserPatch2.tar |-- 3.3_Patch_3 | |-- NS33CISCUserPatch3.tar | `-- NS33RISCUserPatch3.tar |-- FoundationUserPatch.compressed |-- NT_Printing_Patch.compressed `-- rc.cdrom