>I enjoyed the photo of your desktop...the blonde desk certainly makes the
>black stand out! (is that an SE/30 in the corner?)
No that is an original 128k Mac. Or at least just it's case. I was
planning to (someday) make a macquarium out of it.
My other collectibles in the office are:
An Apple WorkGroup Server 95 running A/UX.
A/UX was probably one of the coolest Unices ever developed.
An Apple eMate.
The original translucent cool computer.
A Newton 2100.
That I'll setup as a web server someday. heh. The world's
only Newton webserver connected to the net via an OC-12, a T-3 and 2
T-1s! =P
Of the three NeXTstations in the picture, only one is currently
running. I use it to surf (OmniWeb 2.0 on NeXTstep 3.3), talk to the
unix machines on my network (terminal.app) as well as fart around
with stupid apps like boinkout and encircle. I'll probaly grab Omni's
Doom port at some point, just for laughs. It is nice to have a cool
sexy black machine that actually *works* despite being severely
under-horsepowered these days. Even running MacOS my 2400 computes
circles around it. For style though, it can't be beat. Even 10 years
later these are *very* cool looking machines.
As part of the Rackhenge acquisition, digital.forest was able to
procure the worlds coolest chunk of geek office furniture. Now
properly christened 'coffetable.forest.net'
<http://www.rackhenge.net/images/coffeetable.jpeg> it was originally
a Sun Microsystems SCSI storage array from one of their old 670MP
sparcservers. Stuffed to the gills with 5.25" full height (and I mean
*full* height) hard drives, and more fans than the Kingdome held, it
now whirrs away in the office lobby keeping the magazines warm for
visitors. =)
>
>I recognize the NeXT mouse, having received one several Christmasses ago &
>use it daily with my TAM. are the keyboards and ADB cords also NeXT?
Yes. They are both ADB, so I am using one on the 2400 (attached to a
newer BookEndz) and the other on the functioning NeXT box. I love
NeXT's round mouse. It kicks butt over the current usb puck anyday.
>
>After 2 years of daily use my TAM keyboard has started sticking & I'm looking
>for a black replacement--any idea where to get KB/Mouse/cords/speakers in
>Black?
You might try Deepspace. They sell a lot of old NeXT stuff:
<http://www.deepspacetech.com/Hardware/parts.htm>
They are a little pricey, but their stuff is guaranteed, unlike the
other sources such as ebay.
--chuck goolsbee
seattle wa
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