Title: NeXTbus Development Kit
Post by: Nitro on December 26, 2005, 01:55:11 PM
Post by: Nitro on December 26, 2005, 01:55:11 PM
Just thought I'd post some pics of a new-old stock NeXTbus Development Kit that I recently purchased. I'll scan the documentation when time permits.
Title: NeXTbus Development Kit
Post by: Andreas on December 27, 2005, 07:47:01 AM
Post by: Andreas on December 27, 2005, 07:47:01 AM
Wow, nice collecting thingy. I would love to have it, even if i never do some programming on NeXTbus....
Title: Great collectable!
Post by: cpe_bms on January 01, 2006, 12:15:50 AM
Post by: cpe_bms on January 01, 2006, 12:15:50 AM
Do you have any plans to develop any hardware for use with the NeXTbus? I'm a computer engineer who's been trying to get any technical information on the NeXT and it's interfaces. Please post more information as time permits!
Title: NeXTbus Development Kit
Post by: Nitro on January 03, 2006, 09:55:22 AM
Post by: Nitro on January 03, 2006, 09:55:22 AM
It would be fun to develop an inexpensive method of adding color to a NeXTcube, maybe through a PCI video card or? I have zero knowledge and experience designing electronics, so I really can't do much with the kit. I just wanted to look through the documentation. One obstacle I see with designing new hardware for the NeXTbus is the need to communicate through the custom NBIC chip, which is no longer in production. Maybe there's a way around that.
Title: NeXTbus Development Kit
Post by: brams on January 03, 2006, 10:09:17 AM
Post by: brams on January 03, 2006, 10:09:17 AM
an NBIC chip is needed for the NeXTbus card as well as the logic board?, I thought it was only required for the logic board.
Hmm, that does pose a problem.
Hmm, that does pose a problem.
Title: That's my office carpet
Post by: paulus on January 12, 2006, 10:31:59 PM
Post by: paulus on January 12, 2006, 10:31:59 PM
Hey, that's the carpet of my office :D
You need NBIC only on the processor board.
You need NBIC only on the processor board.
Title: Re: That's my office carpet
Post by: Nitro on January 12, 2006, 10:46:53 PM
Post by: Nitro on January 12, 2006, 10:46:53 PM
Quote from: "paulus"Hey, that's the carpet of my office :D
Yes, that is your carpet. :) Welcome to the forums.
Title: NeXTbus Development Kit
Post by: korneluk on June 28, 2007, 01:18:20 PM
Post by: korneluk on June 28, 2007, 01:18:20 PM
Nitro has placed pictures of the expansion board prototype I bought from an ex-NeXT engineer in the archives.
http://www.nextcomputers.org/NeXTfiles/Images/Rare_NeXT_Hardware/NeXTcube/Expansion_Board_Prototype/
This PC board is different from the other NeXTbus Development Kit in that it has a silkscreen and U1 and U2 chips instead of the NBIC chip and socket.
Enjoy,
-- josé k.
http://www.nextcomputers.org/NeXTfiles/Images/Rare_NeXT_Hardware/NeXTcube/Expansion_Board_Prototype/
This PC board is different from the other NeXTbus Development Kit in that it has a silkscreen and U1 and U2 chips instead of the NBIC chip and socket.
Enjoy,
-- josé k.
Title: BusProbe application on floppy disk
Post by: David_Fischbach on August 18, 2013, 07:38:00 AM
Post by: David_Fischbach on August 18, 2013, 07:38:00 AM
Hy Nitro,
Thank you for the documentation about the NeXTBus you have posted.
In the NeXTBus Development Kit.pdf page 1-1 there is a floppy containing the BusProbe application.
Could you put the floppy on NeXTComputers.org ?
In your photo of the NeXTBus kit I can see two boards : the most an a smaller with chips on it, could you say more about this ? what is it ?
If you sell your kit contact me.
Regards.
David
Thank you for the documentation about the NeXTBus you have posted.
In the NeXTBus Development Kit.pdf page 1-1 there is a floppy containing the BusProbe application.
Could you put the floppy on NeXTComputers.org ?
In your photo of the NeXTBus kit I can see two boards : the most an a smaller with chips on it, could you say more about this ? what is it ?
If you sell your kit contact me.
Regards.
David