Need help identifying these Boards! \ VOGONS

Need help identifying these Boards!

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First post, by winuser3162

Posted on 2024-04-26, 10:00

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I was given these two boards for free from a friend who was decluttering their garage.
One has two intel microcontrollers and the other has a Motorola MC6800 chip, other than that Im not able to find any information on what these are/where they are from.

1. Silicon Graphics octane, 2GB memory, MXE graphics board, 2 350MHZ R12K

2. Silicon graphics indigo 2, extreme graphics board, 198MB memory, 200 MHZ R4K

Reply 1 of 2, by Grzyb

Posted on 2024-04-26, 10:15

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The first is definitely from a 5.25" HDD - MFM, RLL, or ESDI.
The IBM chip suggests PS/2 series, where ESDI drives were used.
Date codes from 1985, however, suggest something a little earlier.

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Reply 2 of 2, by zwrr

Posted on 2024-04-26, 10:56

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The second one, which can be easily found according to strings such as WATERS 715, comes from WATERS 715 ULTRA WISP, which is a chemical analysis instrument used in laboratories.

Pentium MMX233, Zida TX98-3D, 64MB, Riva 128, Aztech Waverider Pro 32-3D, HardMPU-wt

K6-III+550, FIC VA-503+, 256MB, Voodoo3 2000, Creative AWE32, HardMPU-wt

Tualatin-1.4G, QDI A10BM, 512MB, G400, Voodoo2 SLI, Creative AWE64

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