8 Mar
2017
8 Mar
'17
11:22 a.m.
On Mar 8, 2017, at 1:09 PM, <bulk at blit.ca> <bulk at blit.ca> wrote:
It's been a long time since I had the Cube open so
this is from memory. However, I'm reasonably sure that this was based off a NeXT card
(whose name escapes me) that was half bus interface and half prototype board so that you
could build one-off interfaces. I originally bought the Cube as surplus from the
University of Waterloo, so I'm guessing that it's an interface to some piece of
lab equipment.
Here's a slightly blurry picture of the Cube's back:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0Sme9n3mG2UYUxuVWZ2eXhfS2M/view
The Mystery Board occupies the leftmost slot (IIRC).
Now that is interesting! I concur completely, this does not look anything like my
NeXTDimension. But it looks from the outside as though you have not one but two boards on
the left side. My cube originally had only the board on the right of your picture (and in
that same location). Unless there are internal connections between the two slots on the
left side, you may have two Mystery Boards.
Very neat! I hope we get to hear more about this system eventually.
- Mark