NeXTStep/OpenStep

https://inkwell.social/tim/nextstepopenstep

The #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

A 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

Installing #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

This 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.]

#sparc #nextstep #openstep

Wie der NeXT-Kauf Steve Jobs zurück zu Apple brachte
Am 20. Dezember 1996 kaufte Apple die Computerfirma NeXT, die Steve Jobs nach seinem Abschied aus Cupertino gegründet hatte. Der Deal brachte nicht nur neue Software, sondern auch Jobs selbst zurück zu Apple.

Apple übernimmt NeX
https://www.apfeltalk.de/magazin/news/wie-der-next-kauf-steve-jobs-zurueck-zu-apple-brachte/
#News #Tellerrand #Apple #AppleGeschichte #GilAmelio #MacOSX #macOS #NeXT #NeXTStep #OpenStep #Pixar #SteveJobs