Stanford Computers

I read something in THE NeXT Best Thing book about Stanford col.. actually making some? or they were in on a design of some book not handy now and my memory may also be flawed on this issue... Ed# In a message dated 10/20/2016 11:18:19 A.M. US Mountain Standard Tim, wmachacek at q.com writes: Does anyone on this list have any information on Stanford Computers? I have 2 of them that I saved from being recycled many years ago. I have finally gotten around to looking at them more closely. I have a model ?640? and a model ?XT-10?. The 640 has 2 ? 5 ?? floppy drives plus a Conner CP-344, 42MB HD (the HD may have been a later add-on to the original configuration). The XT-10 has 1 ? 5 ?? floppy drive and a NEC D5186, 25MB HD. I could not see a name on the MB in the 640, but the name ?80 Data? was on the XT-10 MB. I believe these to be from the mid to late ?80s time frame. They both have the 9 DB pin video connectors. The XT-10 has an EGA Graphics card, I could not tell what kind of card is in the 640. I am being very reluctant to start pulling cards on a machine this old for fear of breaking something. The ribbon cable seemed somewhat brittle on the 640. Can ribbon cables break due to age? If anyone has any information on these systems, I would appreciate hearing from you. I believe this company was in the bay area somewhere. With the name Stanford Computer, that seems very likely. Thanks for any information you can give me. I am in Colo. Springs. Bill Machacek