First post, by Ozzuneoj
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Just spotted this in a listing online and all my methods have failed me to figure out exactly what it is. When I first saw it I thought "Permedia 2", but when I saw it again later I realized it didn't look exactly right... and now I can't really find any that look exactly like this. The printing on the chip is also a bit wrong, though the type of package seems correct. I guess it's possible there is some thermal adhesive on it that is making it look different, but nothing in the lot is being sold as scrap, nothing else appears to have been dismantled and those heatsinks don't come off very easily.
I have tried enhancing the picture and using Google lens, as well as searching VGA Legacy by RAM type (SGRAM or WRAM most likely?).. but nothing really comes up that's close enough for me to say "yes, that's it."
I also realized that there are several cards that resemble Permedia 2 models that have this kind of layout, so that just made me less convinced... but I still think there's a good chance that's what it is. The small chip above the RAM may be a small BIOS ROM chip in a position where some of them have a large one, though it seems uncommon for any of them to have the ROM in that position and I have not seen one with a small one there.
It has empty spaces for other video outputs. Some Permedia 2s do as well, but most do not.
There is a slight possibility it is some odd variant for a non-PC based system (Apple, Sun, etc.), but all of the other parts in the lot are from PCs, so that is unlikely.
Help me solve the case guys. 🔍
