How to unbox a NeXT Cube 25 years later

[haplain]

The title says it all

 

[haplain]

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[haplain]

More

 

[jongleur]

. . . and I shall open a big box of jealousy

 

[Trash80toHP_Mini]

MEH! No Laser Printer? [)] ]'>

 

[uniserver]

and i thought mcdermd was hard-core.

 

[mcdermd]

I'm hard core, I'm just not that rich

 

[haplain]

Mostly a cleaver trade, nothing too crazy

 

[Anonymous Freak]

MEH! No Laser Printer? [)] ]'>

I have the laser printer, but I didn't get any boxes. So haplain wins. (Also, mine's a slab, not a cube. Specifically a NeXTstation Turbo.)

 

[mcdermd]

We're twins!

 

[Gorgonops]

Mostly a cleaver trade

Huh. I had no idea that the Beav was into that sort of thing.

 

[uniserver]

Mostly a cleaver trade, nothing too crazy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleaver

lol

 

[uniserver]

When HAP does his craigslist transactions, He means business !!!

 

[haplain]

Having some boot issues right now. It starts but doesn't recognize the hard drive. It tries to load from the internal CD drive but takes FOREVER so I don't think it's working in the sense there's a MOBO issue. The CD-Drive and HD spin up so I know it's something silly

I have EVERY version of NeXT and NeXT step on disks and CD-ROM so whatever OS I install once I get her working. I just send the board out for a recap (an extra board) and think it's having a keyboard input issue. The fact I cannot use the COMMAND buttons on startup to force it into programmers mode lead me to think it just needs a servicing. I've seen an article discussing that issue and it seems to be a simple fix. Thanks Uniserver! The fact it boots, loads, HD seems to spin, CD-Drive takes a disc leads me to believe it's something silly. Good thing I've got 2 mobo's.

Anyone have any suggestions?

 

[haplain]

I have 2x 68040 25Mhz boards. They both have the aluminum caps. They didn't appear to be bad but what do I know. Obviously something isn't working and some is so a recaps a great place to start. I figure worst case I'll reach out to rob at blackhole and get a working board but really want the original one to work.

I'll probably get a laser printer in box for keepsake too ;-) why not right

 

[olePigeon]

I sold my color slab last year. Had a brand new laser printer that I never used.

 

[firebottle]

Did you try using a SCSI terminator?

I've got one on my Cube's external SCSI port (mini 50 pin).

 

[CelGen]

That I recall, both NeXTSTEP 2 and 3 will not directly boot off the CD unlike NeXTSTEP 1 did on MO.

You need to bootstrap the system with the included boot floppy which according to your dual MO bezel you do not have. Neither do you have a floppy drive (and NO they are not Apple's floppy drives). There are hacks however to dump the CD to a hard drive and then install to the same drive.

Go ask the forum at nextcomputers.org for additional info on this.

Also, are you trying COMMAND + ~ to get to the PROM?

 

[haplain]

That I recall, both NeXTSTEP 2 and 3 will not directly boot off the CD unlike NeXTSTEP 1 did on MO.according to your dual MO bezel you do not have. Neither do you have a floppy drive (and NO they are not Apple's floppy drives).

Sorry to disappoint but I said I had EVERYTHING I'll try that little trick and thanks for the suggestion