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The NeXT Cube

Features and Benefits

Motorola 68040	Combined central processing (CPU), floating-point (FPU) and paged memory management (PMMU) units with 8 kilobytes of on-chip cache memory.	A highly integrated microprocessor design providing excellent computer performance, high data transfer rate, and exceptional reliability.
Three NeXTbus expansion slots	NeXTbus expansion slots for third-party and NeXT boards, such as the NeXT dimension color board.	Provides flexibility for expansion as your requirements change and new technology becomes available.
Motorola 56001 DSP		Provides fast processing of large matrix calculations – used for generating CD-quality sound, music, speech, and tone detection.
MegaPixel 17-inch Monochrome Display	1120 x 832 resolution with 92 dpi	Delivers sharp, crisp display of text and graphics with enough screen space to run multiple applications simultaneously.
Server capabilities		Turn a standard NeXTcube into a server system, simply by adding more memory and storage.
Eight built-in ports	SCSI Two RS-423 serial ports DSP I/O port Display port Laser printer port Two Ethernet (twisted and thin) ports	Support of up to seven SCSI peripherals. Allows NeXTcube computers to be tailored to meet your needs with popular serial-based peripherals such as fax and data modems without using expansion slots. Supports direct I/O access to the DSP. Provides connection to built-in video. Allows direct connection to NeXT’s 400 dpi Laser Printer. Provides easy connection to virtually any Ethernet network without having to purchase additional cards or adapters.
Built-in sound I/O		Allows voice input to applications with sound-handling capabilities and provides dual channel CD-quality output.
Variety of storage options		We offer several storage options – a 2.88 MB floppy disk drive; a 256 MB optical disk drive; a CD-ROM drive; and 105 MB, 340 MB, 660 MB, and 1.4 GB hard disk drives – giving you the ability to choose the type and amount of storage to meet your needs.
NeXT 2.88 MB floppy disk drive		2.88 MB of storage space using extended density (ED) disks, as well as 720 KB and 1.44 MB disks. Allows for convenient transfer of data files between Macintosh, OS/2, and MS/DOS.
16 MB on-board RAM	16 SIMM memory sockets expandable to 64 MB	Supports 16, 32, and 64 MB SIMMs in four-SIMM increments.
Flexibility in memory configurations		You can equip the NeXTcube with 8 MB to 64 MB of main memory, depending on your needs.
Optional parity support		Parity memory checking is available when optional parity RAM is installed.
NEXTSTEP		UNIX-based operating environment optimized for multitasking and networking. Offers superior graphical user interface and development environment, with the only object-oriented system software available on the market today.