Rescued: Data General Nova Boards

[George Wiegand]

Hi Jeff,
    Just wondering what happened to the DG boards.
Thanks,
,George Wiegand

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From: "Jeff Davis" <jdaviscl2 at soupwizard.com>
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Sent: Monday, July 18, 2005 5:03 PM
Subject: Re: Rescued: Data General Nova Boards


> Ok, I received a few interested responses, so I set the boards aside
somewhere
> safe until I get back from my trip.  Will figure out who gets what in 3
weeks
> or so.
>
> And, to answer a common question, there were no other DG parts or chassis
> there.  I'll have a friend who frequents the surplus store ask around and
see
> if he can find out if there still is a DG on campus.  I suspect these were
> either spares or pulled from the DG when it was scrapped some time ago,
and
> they were found when cleaning out a storage room (based on the types of
stuff
> I found in the same bin the boards came from).
>
> If I'm wrong, maybe we'll get lucky and the chassis or drives will show up
in
> this week's surplus drop-off (and that my friend will spot it).
>
> Jeff
>
> > Hi, I was at my local uni surplus today (UC Santa Barbara) and found,
buried
> > in a bin of random industrial parts from the chem lab, some Data General
Nova
> > boards.  Here's what I found, if anyone would like to help me identify
them
> > further:
> >
> > These boards are 15 x 15 inches:
> >
> > 107-000187-12X   Disk Cartridge Controller, DGC Nova
> > 107-000007-02    DGC Nova Extender Board (quantity 2, one with gouged
traces)
> > 107-000055-03    DGC D-A Converter Scope Control Card Reader
> > 107-000054-02    DGC General Purpose Interface
> > 107-000151-17-16 DGC Nova Cassette I/O
> > 107-000094-00    DG Nova Compatible Wiring Board (quantity 2)
> > D-10632-01       Data Channel Linc Tape, CO3000N Option 008
> >
> > The wiring boards look to be prototyping boards, they are half filled
with
> > soldered sockets and hand-wired components.
> >
> > These boards are 6.5 x 3.25 inches, and have no obvious plug connectors:
> >
> > 107-000008-01    DGC (no other writing, quantity 2)
> > These look like prototyping boards also, with rows for sockets and wire
wrap
> > posts on either side.  Each has different components wired up.
> >
> > I don't have any DG stuff, and it's unlikely I'm going to acquire one in
the
> > near future (still working on my Sun 2/120), so eventually these will go
to
> > someone else.  I'll be leaving Sunday on a trip until Aug 10th, but I'll
try
> > to take some photos of the boards tomorrow or Saturday (if anyone is
> > interested in them).
> >
> > Jeff
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
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