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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?

... Richard <tilley@ccu.umanitoba.ca>
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