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bigsadhu
Junior Member
Cayman Island
462 Posts |
 Posted - 05 Jul 2002 : 22:41:46
Ooof! Another liberation... and a heavy one at that!Just rescued a Quadra 950 from the evil clutches of the garbage man. I've yet to inspect it fully, but it seems to have a few problems...foremost being that the processor is missing! Its got a bit of RAM (I think 16 meg) and had a LaserMAX Nubus card in it... a printer controller of some sort I think. Also an Apple High Resolution Display card. The case is a bit yellowed, and it's missing the key  , however it doesn't seem to have been treated too terribly. Hopefully its going to be rebuildable. Ack! another project to add to the (lengthening by the day) to-do list. Getting it home was fun. This is one LARGE computer.... and my wheels are a motorbike... you get the picture. Cheers!
CC Air Marshall, 605 sQUADRAn Honest-to-god, by-the-book liberations: 13, Other 68Ks: 5, Contraband: 7, PCs: Is you mad? |
thelip
Full Member
USA
729 Posts |
Posted - 05 Jul 2002 : 22:49:50
YAY for a 950! that's how i recieved my first one was in the trash. I've never heard of that card (the lasermax), might be interesting. What kind of connector does it have on the end?_______________________
Sgt. Thelip
Heavy Weapons Specialist
950 division
Liberated Macs: 12 |
bigsadhu
Junior Member
Cayman Island
462 Posts |
Posted - 05 Jul 2002 : 22:54:59
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YAY for a 950! that's how i recieved my first one was in the trash. I've never heard of that card (the lasermax), might be interesting. What kind of connector does it have on the end?
Its one I've never seen before. Looks kindsa like a DB-25 SCSI connector... but its longer, with 37 holes. It would be a DB-37 I guess??? Its got 8 30 pin RAM slots on it... 4 of which are filled. The reason I'm assuming its a printer controller is 'cause googling LaserMAX + Nubus turns up only printer related links.
Cheers!
CC
Air Marshall, 605 sQUADRAn Honest-to-god, by-the-book liberations: 13, Other 68Ks: 5, Contraband: 7, PCs: Is you mad? |
~Coxy
Leader, Tactical Ops Unit
Australia
2822 Posts |
Posted - 06 Jul 2002 : 05:54:35
Do you want a processor for it? Oh, I forgot, you've got plenty...  ~Coxy - Leader, Tactical Operations Unit
Mayor of NuBus City v3.0
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danamania
Official 68k Muse
Australia
1193 Posts |
Posted - 06 Jul 2002 : 07:14:47
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Its one I've never seen before. Looks kindsa like a DB-25 SCSI connector... but its longer, with 37 holes. It would be a DB-37 I guess??? Its got 8 30 pin RAM slots on it... 4 of which are filled.The reason I'm assuming its a printer controller is 'cause googling LaserMAX + Nubus turns up only printer related links.
Google groups are another good search aid, if you haven't tried them before. I saw mention of the LaserMAX 1000, a 1000x1000dpi postscript laser printer from the early 90s, that came with its' own NuBus card, and mention that "later LaserMAX may release an appletalk version". At a guess the rasteriser has been put in a nubus card, and the main engine of the printer is separate like any other. Maybe it was cheaper/faster to do it that way, if it is indeed what the card's used for - or even upgrading to a new printer would only need a new print engine, instead of an entirely new logic board & all. Or or or... lots of other guesses :) dana (doing a lot of guessing...)
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Trash80toG-4
NIGHT STALKER
USA
2899 Posts |
Posted - 06 Jul 2002 : 07:16:14
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Its one I've never seen before. Looks kindsa like a DB-25 SCSI connector... but its longer, with 37 holes. It would be a DB-37 I guess??? Its got 8 30 pin RAM slots on it... 4 of which are filled.The reason I'm assuming its a printer controller is 'cause googling LaserMAX + Nubus turns up only printer related links.
http://www.lasermaster.com/support/knowledgebase/documentation/default.asp?CatID=4http://www.tidbits.com/tb-issues/TidBITS-043.html jt  ™.
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bigsadhu
Junior Member
Cayman Island
462 Posts |
Posted - 06 Jul 2002 : 17:24:01
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Do you want a processor for it? Oh, I forgot, you've got plenty...
Hah! Yes, I do have plenty of LC040's floating around.... Only one spare full 040 though (thanks Flash!), so another one would not go amiss...'specially if it was a 33 Mhz or *gasp!* 40 Mhz part. Donations gladly accepted. BTW ~Coxy, how many microquadras is your friend going to want to take back with him again? Atthe moment I can spare 5 or 6... but I'm hoping to obtain another load of them shortly. Actually I have an order for 10 from a local primary school! quote:
At a guess the rasteriser has been put in a nubus card, and the main engine of the printer is separate like any other.
So you're guessing that this might be a hardware RIP Dana? Cool! Although probably not very useful without the correct printer  . Cheers!
CC Air Marshall, 605 sQUADRAn Honest-to-god, by-the-book liberations: 14, Other 68Ks: 5, Contraband: 7, PCs: Is you mad? Edited by - bigsadhu on 06 Jul 2002 17:26:56 |
~Coxy
Leader, Tactical Ops Unit
Australia
2822 Posts |
Posted - 07 Jul 2002 : 06:00:17
I'm not exactly sure, but he's muttered various things about his 'connections', maybe one of his cronies has a secret warehouse we could put a stack in to give you some breathing room...  ~Coxy - Leader, Tactical Operations Unit
Mayor of NuBus City v3.0
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