NuMachine
The NuMachine, a 1970s microprocessor-based computer, ran on a 10 MHz 68010 processor with TRIX Unix. Acquired by Texas Instruments in 1983, it introduced the NuBus architecture, impacting Apple and NeXT.
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The NuMachine was an early microprocessor-based computer workstation developed in the late 1970s at MIT's Laboratory for Computer Science in collaboration with Western Digital. Running on a 68010 processor at 10 MHz, it featured the TRIX Unix operating system variant. Initially commercialized by Western Digital, the project was later acquired by Texas Instruments in 1983, only to be discontinued in 1985 in favor of the TI Explorer. The NuMachine's significant contribution was the NuBus architecture, later adopted by Apple Computer for the Macintosh II and by NeXT, influencing the design of the PCI bus. The TRIX operating system was also utilized by the GNU Project for its initial operating system kernel development.
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