+Larry Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 The Impossible! thread got me thinking about all the great products that came from Bob Puff and CSS. So I thought it would be cool to post info and pics of the various items that Bob produced. I have several of them, and quite a bit of info. And not to be remiss, Mathy has a very nice web site with great info about the Black Box, and the NLE/CSS website has files, docs, etc.. If you have info or can post pictures or other info here, well that's what this thread is for. In the coming weeks/months, I'll be posting what I can round up. I'll start with pictures of the Black Box firmware menu system. I'm only going to post one of the pics (Main Menu), and the others will be in a ZIP attached. -Larry Black Box Pics.zip 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ndary Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 here are pictures of the Super E burner, BlackBox, BitWriter, Archiver & Ultra Speed OS Nir 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defender II Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 Nir, Do you own that Super E burner or is hat just a picture you had? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dropcheck Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 Larry, Any more info? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Larry Posted July 18, 2016 Author Share Posted July 18, 2016 Posted at css impossible thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Larry Posted July 19, 2016 Author Share Posted July 19, 2016 Here are some more pics and a pdf of a catalog: The XF551 Enhancer was in a typical potted module, and the only difference that can be seen is the very small toggle switch on the rear of the drive. The Dual Drive Upgrade had the potted module and the slave drive attached with a ribbon cable and power leads. The slave drive was always 1 unit higher than the master drive. Worked very, very well. -Larry CSS 94-95 Catalog.pdf 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Larry Posted July 20, 2016 Author Share Posted July 20, 2016 And almost forgot. Here is the switched version of the Quintopus. Love this! -Larry 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+orpheuswaking Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 I"ve been looking for a switched quintopus for years :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Larry Posted July 20, 2016 Author Share Posted July 20, 2016 I bought mine about 1998. Bob told me I got the last switched version that he had. Are there still alternatives available (unswitched)? Larry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1050 Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 Always. AIM if you'll remember the magazine, ran an article describing how to take apart two SIO cables one foot from the jack and mend them together again with solder such that your output of possible SIO devices jumped dramatically provided you used your head and daisy chained as much as possible. I've never lacked for a SIO port since I built my first. The two short ends go into the drive stack, one long one to the computer and the other long one to the printer. You have at least two starting points for daisy chains, don't waste them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+orpheuswaking Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 I have the Ape interface from BEST (Not the printer adaptor). It's basically a kit to take a SIO cable and hook it up to three SIO sockets. It's not switched so you have to be careful what's hooked up and what you are accessing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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