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Re: The Steve Jobs demo of NextSTEP

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In article <1582308752@f242.n221.z2.fidonet.fi>,
 Joacim Melin <Joacim.Melin@f242.n221.z2.fidonet.fi> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> It seems like forever ago but it must have been 15 years I ran a website 
> called the NeXT Information Archive where I collected all kinds of files 
> related to NeXT and NeXTSTEP. I scanned tons of material and others sent me 
> stuff to. One of the things I was sent was a VHS tape in NTSC with Steve Jobs 
> demonstrating NeXTSTEP, I think it was version 2.0. I did my best to digitize 
> this video and put it on my website and eventually it found it's way to 
> Youtube (this one:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j02b8Fuz73A. The "tracking..." message is 
> from 
> the Samsung VHS player I had at the time).  
> 
> Long story short - I still have the tape. I have no way to digitize it since 
> I 
> don't have the hardware for it but it's a shame that it's just sitting here 
> when it can be put to better use. 
> 
> (It was NeXTSTEP 3.0, not 2.0. My bad.)
> 
> I'm willing to send this to anyone who can digitize it properly and get it 
> online in the best possible quality.   
> 
> Get in touch if that's you. Email me at hi (a) joacim dot net. 

Well, I am gobsmacked - I remember NIA very well! It was pretty much the 
center of the NeXT hobbyist community in that time period - many thanks 
for running it! I'll have to fire up my '040 Cube and pull up the 
address from my OmniWeb bookmarks file...

Was the peak.org NeXT archive still in existence at that time? And what 
do you think of the nextcomputers.org site (forums & files archive)?

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