NeXTcube Turbo with ISPW sound card

Started by joren, May 08, 2023, 02:20:27 PM

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joren

I have been lucky to get my hands on a NeXTcube Turbo with a very rare soundcard (DSP coprocessor): the Ariel inc. ISPW board. Due to an unfortunate time to market this board never really made it into production. It appeared right when the end of cube board hardware was announced (+-1992?).



Also thanks to the knowledge base on this forum and the resources found here, I have been able to restore it and run an early version of MAX: a music programming environment made for the ISPW board. I have some details on my blog: Electronic Music and the NeXTcube - Running MAX on the IRCAM Musical Workstation

Additionally I have been building a MIDI interface to communicate with the RS-422 serial port found on the NeXTcube and on the ISPW board and MIDI instruments such as keyboards and synths: USB MIDI interface for the NeXTCube - ISPW board 


joren

FYI I have attached additional material. Pictures of the hardware, software and manuals, promotional material and screenshots.

NeXTnewbe

Are there any blueprints for the schematics and PCBs, parts, etc

It will be grate to get a replica

joren

Quote from: NeXTnewbe on May 10, 2023, 07:03:46 AMAre there any blueprints for the schematics and PCBs, parts, etc

It will be grate to get a replica

No pcb blueprints but there the only thing that comes remotely close ar timing diagrams for the DSP port on the ISPW board.