[SunRescue] Re: rescue digest, Vol 1 #1105 - 18 msgs

[Mike Meredith]

On Sun, 25 Mar 2001, you wrote:
> hmv at meredithm.fsnet.co.uk writes:
> >Nope. "Lbus" and "Sbus" (a UK-based re-seller has some cards in
> > stock). Don't many of the Symbolics machines pre-date Nubus ? Or am
> > I mistaken in how old Nubus is ?
>
> The TI lisp machine is nubus. I thought the symbolics were as well.
> I've only ever looked at the boards in our 3600 once, briefly.

Well if "NBS" is another way of saying nubus, then at least *some* of 
them are (36[235]x), but some are not --- 36[047]x. The XL1200 seems to 
be VME based.

Never had the chance to peer inside one, although soldering up terminal 
cables for about 10 3650's convinced me (and my boss) that my talents 
were better suited to the software side of things.