Would someone please tell me more about NeXTstep 486?

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From: Jimmy Shaw
Date: Tue, 04 Aug 1992 07:25

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Hi,

I am new to the NeXT world, and I just read most of the FAQs on NeXT.  What
really caught my attention was the section on NeXTstep 486.  My question/
confusion is:

Okay, so now NeXTstep will run on a 486 (and 386) class cpu.  But does
it also mean I can run all the software that is currently on NeXT on
a clone?  This sounds _way_ too good to be true (in terms of the amount
of money spend, or am I wrong in that assumption? :)

As of now, I can buy a decent 486/33, with the normal essentials for less
than $3,000 (US), and that is a color system.  And from what I've seen
from c.s.n.marketplace, a color NeXT is in the $5,000+ range.

Will the NeXTstep 486 BE a NeXT computer, but using the 80486 instead of
the motorola 68040 cpu?

Please send your words of wisdom to my email address (jimmys@ics.uci.edu)
since I do not read this newsgroup regularly (yet!)

Thanks in advance.

Jimmy





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Jimmy Shaw
jimmys@ics.uci.edu     "Hold my calls... I am trying to learn C."
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