Hello world,
It's been quite a while since my last post, however much has happened, Not all NeXT related, But a fair amount.
In brief, I decided to rebuild the system from scratch myself, using the original NS 3.0 upgrade kit I purchased previously, (you may or may not recall I bought a preconfigured OS3.3 SD card)
So I got a new blank SD card, and after a lot of faffing with the configuration of the controller it goes in, I was fairly amazed at how easy it actually was to install the operating system, with a few simple commands and a lot of patience (time) it was done.
Usually, most people would be happy with that achievement, me, not so much! lol
So I set about installing the later version of the OS.
NeXT Step became Open Step when it became available for more types of hardware, the last ever version being 4.2.
So, it's all happily running smoothly now, however I am now in need of a touch more memory, So I decided to crack open the wallet (again) and get the next 32MB of RAM, taking the cube to it's absolute maximum.
I have also learned a new trick, I had to build a windows XP machine, so I could use a floppy drive (yes you read it right!) to create a backup of my boot disk I have for the NeXT, I tried so so many times to do it on the cube itself using dd, but just couldn't get it to work :( but at least I have a workable solution now :)
I asked myself, what's the one thing the Cube, and indeed pretty much all Macintosh computers are missing, that pretty much all PC's and other machines have?
So, without further ado, I give you this answer video.
Blue Flashing HDD LED :) of course!
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