What is this Nubus card

[Brooklyn]

I was looking at a IIx on craigslist, and I couldn't figure out what the Nubus card in the front is. See attached picture. I know the one in the back is the toby card, and the middle is a radius full page display card, but whats that first one?

Thanks!

 

[Trash80toHP_Mini]

https://www.google.com/#bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&fp=f9bb04992b5de6af&q=%22laser+master%22+nubus

Check the first hit, I think that may be the ticket. :?:

edit: https://www.google.com/#bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&fp=f9bb04992b5de6af&q=lasermaster+rip+nubus

http://68kmla.org/forums/archive/topic.asp.TOPIC_ID=2011.html

http://markmail.org/message/f3vfdil5lew3rozt

 

[Juror22]

I bought this (along with the 512k that he was advertising) a few weeks back, and you are correct about the lasermax card (there is a laser master init) and when it booted up, it really wanted to connect to its printer (there were still some prints in the queue).

Its a nice little IIx - caps still look ok, drives work, power supply is a little noisy (fan is dirty?) the batteries need to be replaced and of course it had that sweet, yet unusable card included.

 

[NJRoadfan]

Chances are the card has a DB-37 port on it. Its designed to connect to a "dumb" laser printer that just has a so called "video port" on it. Its actually a full printer controller.

http://www.printerworks.com/Catalogs/SX-Catalog/SX-LBP_VDO.html

 

[Trash80toHP_Mini]

It's might be a SCSI port, since it has too many pins for an IEE-488 Centronics-24. Since LaserMaster appears to have been using a PostScript clone it's likely it was for linotronics as well as dumb laser printers as you said. It's more likely that it's the same DB-37 connector on bigsadhu's card.

ISTR it being used for making HiRes positives on Laser Printers for photo resists for silk screen printing. I don't remember if LaserMax was the distributor of that turnkey system or not, but it makes sense that they would have chosen that name if they were bundling a LaserMaster interface card.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TrueImage

Nice conquest there. Please let us know about the connector type. Also. please run Slot Info from the Gauge Series or the like to read the card's Declaration ROM info. That should determine the identity of the card better even than the silk screen layer or DeclROM version/copyright tag text.

This patent probably explains how the card achieved higher resolutions from standard Laser Printers, likely from a different system hack. but they may have licensed this from Kodak or some other process, considering that they licensed TrueImage from Apple:

http://www.google.co.in/patents/US5257097

beans!

 

[Unknown_K]

I have one of those cards, any chance you can archive the drivers for it?

 

[Trash80toHP_Mini]

Finding those would be very much fun! :approve: Both interpretations . . . :-/

DB-37? ID? Version? :?:

I found a current ad for a used: MW - 36" LaserMaster inkjet printer - $1,000

http://www.footprintsequipment.com/images/web_Catalog.pdf

server not found:

http://www.engineeringcapacity.com/directory-entries/lasermaster

Excerpt with a bit of the info available ther on a later LaserMaster for Windows rendition of their laser printer from:

http://archive.org/stream/byte-magazine-1992-05/1992_05_BYTE_17-05_3-D_The_Next_Generation_of_Graphics_djvu.txt

■ WHAT THE WINPRINTER 800 IS A PostScript printer for Windows

The printer is an economical

that uses a host computer's 386

solution for those who need

or 486 processor. Resolution-

Windows-based desktop

enhancement technology boosts

publishing features.

PostScript fonts and line drawings

to an effective resolution of 800

■ PRICE

dots per inch.

$2195

 

[Juror22]

This is the connector from the card. I will work at getting more info up here, over the next few days.

Thanks to all who have posted links.