Actually, the original NeXT computer was designed before CD-ROM was standardized. The so-called Yellow Book that contained the CD-ROM standards was published in 1988, the same year that the NeXT was introduced. Instead, the original NeXT computer came with a magneto-optical disc drive that used removable disc cartridges as both the primary storage and the external media device while a magnetic hard drive was an option.
In 1990, the second generation NeXT -- the one that was officially named the NeXTcube -- dropped the MO drive in favor of a conventional hard disc as the primary storage. A 3.5" HD floppy drive was available as an option and every cube I saw was fitted with one. The NeXTstation (the pizza box) came with a 3.5" floppy standard. -FR ________________________________ From: Framers <framers-bounces+docudoc=hotmail....@lists.frameusers.com> on behalf of Grant Hogarth <gr...@hedgewizard.net> Sent: Monday, June 15, 2020 6:53 PM To: Robert Lauriston <rob...@lauriston.com> Cc: An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software. <framers@lists.frameusers.com>; Ralf Kohler <r.a.koh...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Framers] FM on Next - question from a nostalgic person Well, Huh! <wry smile> Guess my memory isn't all that reliable. I had it in my head that the NeXT only had a CDROM drive for external media. Thanks for this, Robert. On 6/15/20 2:16 PM, Robert Lauriston wrote: > FM3 for NextStep came on five floppy disks. > > https://fsck.technology/software/NeXT/NeXTSTEP%20Applications/Framemaker%203.0%20NeXTSTEP/ > > On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 12:39 PM Grant Hogarth <gr...@hedgewizard.net> wrote: >> As one of the writers who wrote the documentation for that generation of >> FM (Chris Despopoulos was part of that crew), I recall that most of the >> documentation was included on the delivery media (for NeXT, that would >> have been a CD). Unfortunately, I don't have (that I know of), a copy >> any more. As Robert Lauriston notes, that documentation should be in the >> FrameMaker directories (under "Manuals", as I recall). _______________________________________________ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com _______________________________________________ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com
