NeXTcube Turbo

The NeXTcube Turbo is a high-end workstation computer developed, manufactured and sold by NeXT. It superseded the earlier NeXTcube workstation and is housed in the same cube-shaped magnesium enclosure. The workstation runs the NeXTSTEP operating system.

NeXTcube Turbo
ManufacturerNeXT
TypeWorkstation
Release dateApril 7, 1992 (1992-04-07)[1]
Discontinued1995
Operating systemNeXTSTEP, OPENSTEP, NetBSD (limited support)
CPUMotorola 68040 @ 33 MHz, 56001 digital signal processor (DSP)
Memory16–128 MB
Display1120×832 2-bpp grayscale
Dimensions1-foot (305 mm) die-cast magnesium cube-shaped case
PredecessorNeXTcube
SuccessorApple Power Mac G4 Cube

Hardware

The NeXTcube Turbo is a development of the earlier NeXTcube. It differs from its predecessor in having a 33 MHz 68040 processor.

The NeXTdimension board can also be used in the NeXTcube Turbo.

There was also a very rare accelerator board known as the Nitro; between 5 and 20 are estimated to have been made. It increased the speed of a NeXTcube Turbo by replacing the standard 33 MHz processor with a 40 MHz one.[2]

Specifications

See also

References

  1. NeXT Press release, ...NeXT Ships its "Turbo" NeXTcube On Time...April 7, 1992 - NeXT Computer, Inc.....has begun shipments...NeXTcube Turbo workstation.
  2. NeXT Nitro Information Archived April 24, 1999, at the Wayback Machine
  3. NeXTcube brochure
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