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I remember seeing NeXT for the first time in person, in my college computer store, back in the late 80's. When it first caught my eyes, I didn't know what it wa
by otterpro 3y ago
I remember seeing NeXT for the first time in person, in my college computer store, back in the late 80's. When it first caught my eyes, I didn't know what it was, and I couldn't believe it was actually a computer, seeing the black cubical case and very futuristic looking monitor in time when most of us were running either DOS on IBM/clone or running early Macs. Linux wasn't even in existence back then, I had an Amiga, and the only advanced workstation that I've seen until then were Sun workstation running X11, if I remember. I was in shock for few days afterward , when we were accustomed to boring beige box PC, and even my Amiga, which I was so fond of, almost felt obsolete and dated. (Of course, I'm still a big fan of Amiga, but I don't think I've ever felt like that about a computer like I did with NeXT).
- detourdog 3y agoFrog Design had traveling exhibit called Frog Art. The gallery on my college campus ran the show. There was a NeXT cube on display and turned on. There was only a login screen. One could try to login and when the credentials were rejected. The login window jogged left to right and erased the entries like an etch-a-sketch. That completely knocked my socks off. That pretty much inspired me with the notion that going forward we would only understand technology through analogy.