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Helge HeßI bet few people ever used it, but I actually did for a short time. There has been an X11 / "regular Unix" implementation of #OpenStep besides GNUstep: for Solaris (Sun's OS at the time).
http://www.kevra.org/TheBestOfNext/NeXTProducts/NeXTSoftware/OpenStep-SolarisWhitePaper/files/page538_1.pdf
Slaíne
IggiAfter 3 years it was time to power-on one my beauties my #sun #color #sparcstation #voyager 😍 Running #next #openstep 4.2. this beauty has 80MB RAM and the AC/DC converter has been fixed and recapped by my esteemed #amiga friend @ClaudeSchwarz one of the masterminds behind #pistorm for AMIGA. 🙏🏻
TimNeXTStep/OpenStep
Every once in awhile, I’ll go down a virtual rabbit hole whenever I research a topic of interest.
Window Maker Live
Window Maker LiveThe #Previous packages at wmlive.rumbero.org/repo/pool/main/p/previous/ have been updated to version 4.1-r1777.
The binary packages were built for target release Debian/Trixie and CPU architectures i386, amd64, and arm64.
#wmlive #nextstep #openstep #debian #next
Index of /repo/pool/main/p/pre...
Index of /repo/pool/main/p/pre...
Martin BishopA fascinating look back at 1994: Bud Tribble explaining the pivotal alliance between NeXT and Sun Microsystems.
It’s incredible to read how OpenStep was pitched as the "mature" object-oriented solution back then—laying the groundwork for the architecture we still use today in macOS. Real engineering history.
#RetroComputing #NeXTSTEP #SunMicrosystems #TechHistory #Unix #OpenStep #Apple
https://computeradsfromthepast.substack.com/p/nextworld-interviews-bud-tribble
EloshaInstalling #OpenStep or #Rhapsody for x86 includes „You need a shittier #SCSI host adapter“, two bad floppy drives and a Kernel Panic 🙄
It was easier when I just had a weak AHA-2940 and a Sym53C810 instead of that pile of fancy UltraWide stuff. #scsinightmare
Anthony SoraceThis is obviously a longshot, but: I’m trying to boot OpenStep on a SPARCstation 20. I have the optical media. I can “boot cdrom” and get the installer going, but then I get:
Loading OPENSTEP
Reading OPENSTEP configuration
Starting OPENSTEP
Level 15 interrupt
…and I’m back at the “ok” prompt. Anyone know what a “level 15 interrupt” is?
[Edit: it seems to be a broad hardware failure error, and the current suspect is ram; see replies.]