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From the book: Carmack stepped into the local bank and requested a cashier's check for $11,000. The money was for a NeXT computer, the latest machine from Steve
by bluedino 7y ago
From the book: Carmack stepped into the local bank and requested a cashier's check for $11,000. The money was for a NeXT computer, the latest machine from Steve Jobs, cocreator of Apple.
- beautifulfreak 7y agoCarmack: Over the entire course of Doom and Quake 1’s development we probably spent $100,000 on NeXT computers https://www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2016/09/01/why-john-carmack-chose-next-for-developing-doom-and-other-favorites/#1c6643e314d1 https://www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2016/09/01/why-john-carma...
- SmellyGeekBoy 7y agoThe sad thing is that the NeXT never had a native port of DOOM until very recently.