8 Mar
2017
8 Mar
'17
11:28 a.m.
Hi Mark,
I have reached out to Chris (I am local) and will providing a new home for
the lot. I will be happy to take hi-res pics of the board when I get them
over the weekend.
Santo
On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 2:22 PM, Tapley, Mark via cctalk <
cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
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