i was downloading.....
i downloaded the NeXT operating system because i wanted to see steve jobs design after he left apple in 1997-2002 in that time he created NeXT [witch was later bought by apple] anyhoo i cannot for the life of me figure out how to run it in Virtual Box
any ideas how i could get it working? [tried google,nothing going nobody even haves next os for download cept you]
any ideas how i could get it working? [tried google,nothing going nobody even haves next os for download cept you]
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NeXT#1993. ... T_Software
VirtualBox is capable of x86 and\or x64 virtualization depending on your platform. The version for Intel may work, but it looks like NeXT might have had some unique hardware, based on PA-RISC and SPARC processor architectures. If this is the architecture of the file you have, I wouldn't expect it to run in VirtualBox.
To run the non-x86\64 OS on your x86\64 computer, you need an emulator for PA-RISC or SPARC CPUs (whichever the software needs). This is similar to running a NES emulator to play NES games on your computer, etc. Normal virutalization softwares likes VMware and VirtualBox are not going to do this for you.
Either get an emulator that's compatible with the software, or get an x86 version of NeXT (if one exists) and run that copy.
Kirk