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What are these cards?????
« on: April 16, 2005, 03:31:27 PM »
Hi there!
These things have cursed me for years. I have no idea what architecture they belong to.
The cards in question

Does anybody know what they are from?
I'm thinking about throwing them on ebay depending on what they belong to. If I do, and if they don't sell I'm stripping their components.

Any input would be great.
A500 (salvo): 1Mb RAM (512k chip, 512k SlowFast)
1x880k Floppy Disk, 1xIBM 540Mb 3.5\\"HDD KS1.3, WB1.3
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A500 (Whitey): 512k RAM, 1x880k Floppy Disk, KS1.2, WB1.3
 

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Re: What are these cards?????
« Reply #1 on: April 16, 2005, 04:12:09 PM »
ehhh...looks like photobucket strikes again with its resizing. The original file is here.
It's pretty straightforward regarding the function of the cards, but the bus connector is a new one on me!
A500 (salvo): 1Mb RAM (512k chip, 512k SlowFast)
1x880k Floppy Disk, 1xIBM 540Mb 3.5\\"HDD KS1.3, WB1.3
1084S monitor. AT Keyboard!
A500 (Whitey): 512k RAM, 1x880k Floppy Disk, KS1.2, WB1.3
 

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Re: What are these cards?????
« Reply #2 on: April 16, 2005, 04:35:10 PM »
So we have a couple of running theories right now.

Wow you people post quickly!

Anyhow, I figured it was a bit more exotic. As I've never seen  a bus interface like it and it doesn't look remotely like anything in my computer collection (obviously). I can only really measure my collection in cubic metres. i have no idea how much I have anymore.

So noone is totally sure yet. Hmm. Because if I don't sell them, those chips are MINE! The RAM chips would work nicely with my a500.

The ones in an 8mb EMS board I have are perfect too (512k x8). There are 72 of them on the EMS board. (Don't forget parity). I don't want to use that one though.
A500 (salvo): 1Mb RAM (512k chip, 512k SlowFast)
1x880k Floppy Disk, 1xIBM 540Mb 3.5\\"HDD KS1.3, WB1.3
1084S monitor. AT Keyboard!
A500 (Whitey): 512k RAM, 1x880k Floppy Disk, KS1.2, WB1.3
 

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Re: What are these cards?????
« Reply #3 on: April 17, 2005, 02:54:29 AM »
Definitely not VESA. I still use VESA cards in some of my PCs. I quite like the drive controller cards. The Gfx cards were never anything special though.

Proprietary RAM Risers, eh? well, that makes sense. I have a few PCs with horrible proprietary interfaces that I gave up trying to find upgrades for.

Compaq would make a lot of sense. They like to do things their own way. Just like IBM. If it were compaq, wouldn't it have their brand emblazoned all over it?
There are no brand marks, and barely any model identification.

I always thought the FCC Ids were assigned at manufacture time to various models of ..well everything electronic. I've used  the FCC id to find out what some obscure hardware is in the past, but these ones really stump me.
A500 (salvo): 1Mb RAM (512k chip, 512k SlowFast)
1x880k Floppy Disk, 1xIBM 540Mb 3.5\\"HDD KS1.3, WB1.3
1084S monitor. AT Keyboard!
A500 (Whitey): 512k RAM, 1x880k Floppy Disk, KS1.2, WB1.3
 

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Re: What are these cards?????
« Reply #4 on: April 17, 2005, 04:00:30 PM »
Well, if these cards have you lot stumped, then I'd be surprised if anyone out there still knows. Because tehy have no brand name or any real identification on them. I couldn't be bothered doing a trace for the ISA-like connectors to see if they match, because the second connector puts a major spanner in the works.

I don't even remember where these cards came from. I think I got them whan a guy gave me a pile of old computer gear to replace the notebook I bought off him that violently exploded.
He gave me enough stuff to pack my beetle. I also got one of those V shaped towbars that attach to the torsion bar that day. It was in the cabin too. It was a cramped trip home.

So, what do you think my odds are of selling them on eBay, and what starting price?
A500 (salvo): 1Mb RAM (512k chip, 512k SlowFast)
1x880k Floppy Disk, 1xIBM 540Mb 3.5\\"HDD KS1.3, WB1.3
1084S monitor. AT Keyboard!
A500 (Whitey): 512k RAM, 1x880k Floppy Disk, KS1.2, WB1.3
 

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Re: What are these cards?????
« Reply #5 on: April 18, 2005, 12:51:35 PM »
Heh. Not going to do the starting at 5 cents again. I sold a big box of Sun software including the OS for $1. Wasn't happy about that.
Then there was MS SQL server. Sold it for $6 I think. grr..

Anyway, basically I'd like the money, and I don't want to strip the cards if they are some rarity that someone has been searching for since the stone age. If no-one out there can use them in their system, I'm definitely claiming the chips.
A500 (salvo): 1Mb RAM (512k chip, 512k SlowFast)
1x880k Floppy Disk, 1xIBM 540Mb 3.5\\"HDD KS1.3, WB1.3
1084S monitor. AT Keyboard!
A500 (Whitey): 512k RAM, 1x880k Floppy Disk, KS1.2, WB1.3