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NeXTcube
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<h2 id="hardware">Hardware</h2> <p>The NeXTcube is the successor to the original NeXT Computer, with a <a href="/facts/Motorola_68040/G12gptjt">68040</a> processor, a hard disk in place of the <a href="/facts/Magneto-optical_drive/PYm8dL1h">magneto-optical drive</a>, and a <a href="/facts/Floppy_disk/rShxfuxa">floppy disk</a> drive. NeXT offered a 68040 system board upgrade (and NeXTSTEP 2.0) for US$1,495 (equivalent to $3,600 in 2024). A 33 MHz <a href="/facts/NeXTcube_Turbo/lE6tLCCB">NeXTcube Turbo</a> was later produced. </p><p>NeXT released the <a href="/facts/NeXTdimension/a6w3W7MK">NeXTdimension</a> for the NeXTcube, a <a href="/facts/Circuit_board/muSR2p43">circuit board</a> based on an <a href="/facts/Intel_i860/e2wRyFV1">Intel i860</a> processor, which offers 32-bit <a href="/facts/PostScript/h2XwbcmC">PostScript</a> color display and video-sampling features. </p><p>The Pyro accelerator board replaces the standard 25 MHz processor with a 50 MHz one.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="specifications">Specifications</h2> <ul><li>Display: 1120×832 17 in (432 mm) 82 ppi grayscale <a href="/facts/NeXT_MegaPixel_Display/5dW0yFWI">MegaPixel Display</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Operating_system/8XTuvMh2">Operating system</a>: NeXTSTEP 2.2 Extended or later</li> <li>CPU: 25 MHz 68040 with integrated <a href="/facts/Floating-point_unit/XWTW2AbF">floating-point unit</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Digital_signal_processor/YuBXweos">Digital signal processor</a>: 25 MHz <a href="/facts/Motorola_56000/r7r84uGG">Motorola DSP56001</a></li> <li>RAM: 8 MB, expandable to 64 MB (Sixteen 30-pin <a href="/facts/SIMM/hSDqXXYb">SIMM</a> slots)</li> <li>Floppy drive: 2.88 MB</li> <li>Hard drive: 105 MB, 340 MB, 400 MB, 660 MB, 1.4 GB or 2.8 GB <a href="/facts/SCSI/pxXulrBr">SCSI</a> drive</li> <li>Network interface: <a href="/facts/10BASE-T/2jRlgJb4">10BASE-T</a> and <a href="/facts/10BASE2/FfgUgSUz">10BASE2</a> <a href="/facts/Ethernet/nMfhU8tU">Ethernet</a></li> <li>Expansion: four <a href="/facts/NuBus/5UIn0nv8">NeXTbus</a> slots (mainboard uses one slot)</li> <li>Size (H × W × D): 12 in × 12 in × 12 in (305 mm x 305 mm x 305 mm (±1 mm))<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a></li></ul> <h2 id="legacy">Legacy</h2> <p><a href="/facts/Tim_Berners-Lee/JRv21mt9">Tim Berners-Lee</a> created the <a href="/facts/World_Wide_Web/wvnTrWFq">World Wide Web</a> at <a href="/facts/CERN/y1gwRchm">CERN</a> in <a href="/facts/Switzerland/LcGuxeTe">Switzerland</a> on the NeXTcube <a href="/facts/Workstation/h5tK4hTt">workstation</a> in 1990.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/NeXT_character_set/zTtN19Wr">NeXT character set</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/NeXTcube_Turbo/lE6tLCCB">NeXTcube Turbo</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/NeXTstation/yhKpgEeR">NeXTstation</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Power_Mac_G4_Cube/IJpLgeUK">Power Mac G4 Cube</a>, a similar cube computer from <a href="/facts/Apple_Inc./oTJYta3k">Apple</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Webster, Bruce F. "NeXT on the Agenda". MacWorld. No. January 1991. <a href="/wiki/MacWorld" target="_blank">/wiki/MacWorld</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Spherical Solutions, Pyro Installation & Ordering" (PDF). <a href="http://www.nextcomputers.org/NeXTfiles/Docs/Rare_NeXT_Hardware/pyro_installation.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.nextcomputers.org/NeXTfiles/Docs/Rare_NeXT_Hardware/pyro_installation.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Spherical Solutions, Pyro 50 mHz Accelerator Card" (PDF). <a href="https://www.nextcomputers.org/NeXTfiles/Docs/Rare_NeXT_Hardware/pyro_accelerator_card.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.nextcomputers.org/NeXTfiles/Docs/Rare_NeXT_Hardware/pyro_accelerator_card.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"NeXTcube brochure" (PDF). <a href="http://www.nextcomputers.org/NeXTfiles/Docs/Hardware/nextcube.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.nextcomputers.org/NeXTfiles/Docs/Hardware/nextcube.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"Original NeXT computer used by Sir Tim Berners-Lee to design the World Wide Web - NeXT". Google Arts & Culture. <a href="https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/original-next-computer-used-by-sir-tim-berners-lee-to-design-the-world-wide-web-next/6QHcxbuGnQ4rng" target="_blank">https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/original-next-computer-used-by-sir-tim-berners-lee-to-design-the-world-wide-web-next/6QHcxbuGnQ4rng</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>