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- From: jmd@cube.handheld.com (Jim De Arras)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware
- Subject: Re: Instructions on modifying CPU board for multi-CPU NeXTcube
- Date: 7 Jan 1993 03:17:47 GMT
- Organization: Hand Held Products, Inc.
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- References: <C09tsv.2AJ@ccu.umanitoba.ca>
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- In article <C09tsv.2AJ@ccu.umanitoba.ca> tilley@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Richard
- Tilley) writes:
- > In <C04DoL.L6J@sounds.wa.com> BrianW@SoundS.WA.com (Brian Willoughby) writes:
- >
- >
- > > I have heard from other UseNet folks that there was a posting (a long
- > >time ago) in comp.sys.next about how to modify a NeXTcube CPU board so that
- it
- > >would function in a different slot than the standard one - and also so it
- would
- > >not interfere with a second CPU board in the main position. I believe this
- > >involved electrical modifications to the NeXTbus chip so that only power
- would
- > >come from the bus. I don't believe there was any need to modify the monitor
- > >outputs, since the NeXTcube can handle a NeXTdimension setup with nothing
- > >plugged into the mono output of the main CPU (unlike the NeXTstation which
- > >doesn't like an open circuited monitor output). This modified CPU board
- could
- > >then be networked to an unmodified main CPU for additional processing.
- >
- > The backplane mod is very easy. It can be done without removing the
- backplane.
- >
- > I am using an 030 board to drive a NextPrinter under 2.1,
- > but have been unable to do this under 3.0.
- >
- > The headless 030 boots fine but panics when it tries to start WindowServer.
- > Everything else works fine, but WindowServer is needed to run the printer :-(
- >
- > Has anyone succeeded in getting a headless Next to print under 3.0?
- >
-
- Yes, buy a sound box and install it on the display port.
-
-
- > .... Richard <tilley@ccu.umanitoba.ca>
- > --
- > This space is not blank!
-
- Jim
-
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