Rescued: Data General Nova Boards

[Jeff Davis]

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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