Marvellous NeXT P4-Hardware
Platform:
This server is probably one of the most powerful NeXT-Stations ever built (because everything is working!). See below why.
- Soltek-Industrial Mainboard SL-XP865G-3IG
- 3.4 GHz Intel PentiumIV Processor/200MHz Bus-Clock, 800MHz FSB
- 512 kByte Secondary Level Cache
- 958 MByte Dual Channel Main Memory 400MHz DDR (NeXT limited, 2 GB installed)
- 3.5" 1.44 MByte Floppy-Disk
- Adaptec 2940 UltraWide SCSI-Controller(1)
- 36 GByte Harddisk Seagate with 15000 rpm, 40MB/s
- 36 GByte Harddisk Seagate with 15000 rpm, 40MB/s
- IOMEGA 100MByte ZIP Disk
- Toshiba DVD-ROM 40x SD-M1401
- DDS-4 DAT-Streamer 20/40 GByte HP C5683A
- CD Burner YAMAHA CRW 8824 24xR 8xW 8xRW (Supported by CD-Designer)
- 36 GByte Harddisk Seagate with 15000 rpm, 40MB/s
- Adaptec 2940 UltraWide SCSI-Controller(2)
- 36 GByte Harddisk Seagate with 15000 rpm, 40MB/s
- 36 GByte Harddisk Seagate with 15000 rpm, 40MB/s
- 36 GByte Harddisk Seagate with 15000 rpm, 40MB/s
- 36 GByte Harddisk Seagate with 15000 rpm, 40MB/s
- 36 GByte Harddisk Seagate with 15000 rpm, 40MB/s
- 36 GByte Harddisk Seagate with 15000 rpm, 40MB/s
- Umax Astra2200 Scanner (This one works with ScanOmatic)
- Matrox G450 32MByte DDRAM 4x AGP, DualHead
Actual resolution: 2048 x 1536 @ 82 Hz, 32Bit/Pixel
- 3Com Ethernet-Card 100MBit
- Creative 16Bit Sound-Card Vibra
- MultiTech MT5634ZPX 56k Baud Modem (This one works with NXFax!)
- Cherry Gold-Keyboard
- LogiTech Mouse Man Pro (Radio PS/2-Maus)
- Sony Trinitron Monitor GDM-F520 (137kHz, 0.22mm Grid)
- HP-DeskJet 840C (This is supported by JetPilot)
- All secured by APC Smart UPS 1400 (I provided a daemon in the net for it)
- Operating System NeXT-Step 3.3 Patch3
Simply outperforms a old NeXT by more than 300 times in floating point operations. You will also notice that the IBM discs were replaced by Seagates. Well, Seagates are simply faster, dissipates less heat and are much quiter than the IBMs. You will also ask why the hell 36GB? It's quite simple, I want to let the decision open to use OpenStep, where I can make use of 4GB per partition seven times (->28GB) instead of 2GB only.
Take a look inside, on top DVD-ROM followed by DDS-4 and CD writer. Beneath ZIP drive, Floppy drive, and two 36GB hard disks:
At the right bottom the remaining 36GB disks, on the left some PCI's, ISA's and AGP graphic. :-):
The last disk on the bottom is an IDE drive, but not used with the NeXT. It is just for evaluation purposes under Windows XP together with the PVR-350, shame on me...
© Dr. Henry Koplien