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On 09/01/14 20:59, Matt Lee wrote: > On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 3:58 PM, Simon Waters <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Matt dragged me to Oxford to fetch a NeXT workstation a few years back. > > Here's a photo of it next to an eMac of the day. > http://mattl.us/img/emacnext.jpg > That's one of the few systems I haven't owned (although I've used both OpenStep and NeXTSTEP operating systems): I did once mistakenly buy from Ebay the huge B/W monitor from a NeXT workstation though, assuming that the 13W3 type connector would be compatible with my then-brand new Sun Ultra1. It wasn't, of course, and the NeXT monitor was left just looking cool in the corner of the office whilst I went off and bought a very expensive Sun X7136A 21" monitor, which to this day is the best monitor I ever owned. I never took it with me when I moved on so for all I know there is still a big, menacing and very obsolete black box lurking in a corner of a London Underground office somewhere. Had one of those Apple eMacs too, an old G4. Ran OpenBSD/PPC like a champ for years. Can't even remember what happened to it, so it was probably given away at some point. Another machine I never got my hands on was this awesome thing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thinking_Machines_Corporation I've never even seen one of those, let alone owned one. Some day maybe... when I've got a bigger garage and the missus isn't paying attention. She is not keen on my love for huge, noisy, power-sucking and expensive vintage computers for some reason. Regards -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq