[Framers] FM on Next - question from a nostalgic person

[Ralf Kohler]

Dear List,

Klaus Daube was so friendly to pass on my question. So far I am very grateful for the feedback. It helped me formulate my question more concisely: I am looking for the two tutorials “Learning FrameMaker” and “Using FrameMaker”. Both have been published by 
Frame Technology in 1989. From what I can see looking in the world cat database, there has been a general UNIX edition but not a specific NeXTSTEP one. Is that correct, or does anybody remember otherwise? I will try to get this issue through interlibrary loan in my local library. But if someone happens to have an e-book, I would be very grateful if I could borrow it. By the way, I really want to work with it, so it's not pure nostalgia. During the covid-19 lockdown I have sketched a music theory book which I would like to develop now further in the next month to come. I still use NextSTEP to this day because I still consider the GUI to be unsurpassed in its simplicity and functionality. 

Regards,

Ralf

> On 16. Jun 2020, at 02:07, Robert Lauriston <robert at lauriston.com> wrote:
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> There was an external SCSI CD-ROM drive later on.
> 
> http://www.kevra.org/TheBestOfNext/NeXTProducts/NeXTHardware/ExternalCD-ROM-Drive/files/page624_2.pdf
> 
> On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 5:01 PM Fred Ridder <docudoc at hotmail.com> wrote:
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>> Actually, the original NeXT computer was designed before CD-ROM was standardized. The so-called Yellow Book that contained the CD-ROM standards was published in 1988, the same year that the NeXT was introduced. Instead, the original NeXT computer came with a magneto-optical disc drive that used removable disc cartridges as both the primary storage and the external media device while a magnetic hard drive was an option.
>> 
>> In 1990, the second generation NeXT -- the one that was officially named the NeXTcube -- dropped the MO drive in favor of a conventional hard disc as the primary storage. A 3.5" HD floppy drive was available as an option and every cube I saw was fitted with one. The NeXTstation (the pizza box) came with a 3.5" floppy standard.