PA0GRI's pictures of a CDCNET DI and its Components



photo 1 - the backside of a DI, Fan plate removed

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photo 2 - Front of a DI

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photo 3 - 3D view

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photo 4 - MPB (Main Processor Board, 8Mhz 68000)

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photo 5 - PMM (Private main Memory - 128KB)

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photo 6 - SMM (System Main Memory - 1MB)

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photo 7 - CIM (Communications Interface Module with 68000 CPU)

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photo 8 - ESCI (Ethernet Serial Communication Inteface with 68000 CPU)

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photo 9 - MDI (Mainframe Device Interface - Interrupt driven by MPB)

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photo 10 - SMM4 (System Main Memory - 4MB)

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photo 11 - MPB2 (Main Processor Board version 2, 20Mhz 68030)

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photo 12 - 2 port V35 LIM (Line Interface

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photo 13 - 4 port V24 LIM (sync and async)

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photo 14 - 8 port V24 LIM (async only)

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photo 15 - Cyber Channel Cable to MDI board

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photo 16 - Ethernet cable to ESCI board

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photo 17 - CIM to LIMs cable

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photo 18 - Back of a filled DI

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photo 19 - And the fromt MPB, PMM, 3x SMM, CIM, ESCI and MDI

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photo 20 - The fan assembly

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photo 21 - And yes, Older DI boxes where "BabyShit Yellow" (Harvest Gold)

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photo 22 - DI Powered up, telling "I don't know who I am" (no battery for clock chip)

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file artecs_DCI Design spec.pdf - EMSD (click on icon below)

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