The NeXT Computer

The NeXT Cube Computer
NeXTStation Computer [The Slab]

NeXT Cube Computer
with 8MB RAM, 256MB HD
CPU: 68030, 25MHz
Manufacturer: NeXT, Inc.
Location: Redwood City, California
Original Price: $6500
Original Date: 1988-1993

Photo of Computer

NeXTStation Computer
with 8MB RAM, 105MB HD
CPU: 68040, 25MHz
Manufacturer: NeXT, Inc.
Location: Redwood City, California
Original Price: $4995
Original Date: 1990-1993

The NeXT Cube is the Gutenberg Press of the Internet.
Strasbourg, Germany, is renown as the birthplace of the printing press in the 1450s. Johannes Gutenberg's developed his ideas in Strasbourg leading to its construction in Mainz. Gutenberg's printing press is ranked as perhaps the most important invention in the history of human communication. Many agree that the World Wide Web is the most revolutionary invention since the printing press.
Redwood City was the birthplace of the NeXT computer in 1988. This amazing computer and its revolutionary software were used by Tim Berners-Lee to create the first Web browser while he was working at CERN, the European Laboratory for Particle Physics. He considered the NeXT as essential for the beginning of the World Wide Web.

Photo of Computer

Note that as of 2006, over 34,000 pages of information are on the Internet regarding the NeXT Cube.

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NeXT Cube Computer with 8MB RAM, 256MB HD CPU: 68030, 25MHz Manufacturer: NeXT, Inc. Location: Redwood City, California Original Price: $6500 Original Date: 1988-1993		NeXTStation Computer with 8MB RAM, 105MB HD CPU: 68040, 25MHz Manufacturer: NeXT, Inc. Location: Redwood City, California Original Price: $4995 Original Date: 1990-1993
The NeXT Cube is the Gutenberg Press of the Internet. Strasbourg, Germany, is renown as the birthplace of the printing press in the 1450s. Johannes Gutenberg's developed his ideas in Strasbourg leading to its construction in Mainz. Gutenberg's printing press is ranked as perhaps the most important invention in the history of human communication. Many agree that the World Wide Web is the most revolutionary invention since the printing press. Redwood City was the birthplace of the NeXT computer in 1988. This amazing computer and its revolutionary software were used by Tim Berners-Lee to create the first Web browser while he was working at CERN, the European Laboratory for Particle Physics. He considered the NeXT as essential for the beginning of the World Wide Web.