NeXTcube

The NeXTcube is a high-end computer developed, manufactured, and sold by NeXT from 1990 until 1993. It superseded the original NeXT Computer System and is housed in a similar cube-shaped magnesium enclosure, sometimes called the "Cube II" or Cube 040. The workstation runs the NeXTSTEP operating system and was launched with a 10,000 list price.
== Hardware ==
The NeXTcube is the successor to the original NeXT Computer. It differs from its predecessor in having a 25 MHz Motorola 68040 processor, larger hard disks in place of the , and an optional floppy disk drive. A faster 33 MHz NeXTcube Turbo was produced later.
NeXT released the NeXTdimension for the NeXTcube, a based on an processor, which offers 32-bit PostScript color display and video-sampling features.
The Pyro accelerator board increases the speed of a NeXTcube by replacing the original 25 MHz 68040 processor with a 50 MHz version.Pyro Installation & Ordering (PDF) by Spherical Solutions. Archived 1997-05-02.
==Specifications==
* Display: 1120×832 17 in (432 mm, 82 ppi) grayscale; see NeXT MegaPixel Display
* Operating system: NeXTSTEP 2.2 Extended or later
* CPU: 25 MHz 68040 with integrated floating-point unit
* Digital signal processor: 25 MHz Motorola DSP56001
* RAM: 16 MB, expandable to 64 MB
* Hard drive: 400 MB, 1.4GB or 2.8GB SCSI drive (optional)
* Size (H × W × D): 12 in × 12 in × 12 in (305 mm x 305 mm x 305 mm, ±1 mm)NeXTcube brochure (PDF) by NeXT. Scanned 1997-07-16 by NeXTcomputers.org.
==References==
==See also==
*Power Mac G4 Cube, a later model from Apple Computer that also adopted the cube design.
==External links ==
*NeXT Cube at The Best of NeXT Computers
*NeXTcube at ChannelU (archived 2001-01-28)
**NeXTcube specifications (archived 2001-01-28)
*NeXTcube at Low End Mac
*NeXTcube at the NeXT Wiki
*NeXTcube at Wikimedia Commons
* at Wikipedia
Category:NeXT hardware