Need help identifying these Boards! \ VOGONS

Need help identifying these Boards!

Topic actions

First post, by winuser3162

Posted on 2024-04-26, 10:00

winuser3162 Offline

Rank Member

Rank: Member
Posts: 107
Joined: 2024-04-10, 08:06
Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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

Grzyb Offline

Rank l33t

Rank: l33t
Posts: 2782
Joined: 2019-05-08, 13:47
Location: N53 E15

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.

In 2003, I voted in favour of joining the European Union. However, due to recent developments - especially the restrictions on cash usage - I'm hereby withdrawing my support. DOWN WITH THE EU!

Reply 2 of 2, by zwrr

Posted on 2024-04-26, 10:56

zwrr Offline

Rank Member

Rank: Member
Posts: 137
Joined: 2022-10-06, 23:57

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.

SBC1: Cyrix 5x86-120, HS-5x86HVGA, 16MB EDO, GD54M30, SB Pro II, HardMPU-wt
SBC2: VIA C3-800, PCISA-C800, 128MB SDRAM, Savage4 Pro, SB AWE64 Gold
SBC3: Tualatin-S 1.4G, PCI-6872, 256MB SDRAM, FX5200 PCI, Voodoo2 SLI, SB Live

Go to top of page Go to top of page

Back to General Old Hardware