On Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 2:12 AM, jim stephens via cctalk < [email protected]> wrote:
> > > On 3/22/2017 6:26 PM, Ken Seefried via cctalk wrote: > >> I don't have any idea what this is but it appears to have Z-8000 >> CPU+MMU chips. Perhaps an Onyx or S8000 CPU card? I know some folks >> here are in to that sort of thing. >> >> http://www.ebay.com/itm/NOS-Vintage-DSC-MP-4-EPC-Rev-D-K-Exp >> ansion-Board-Card-PCB-for-Mini-Computer/152475939021 >> >> KJ >> > just guessing with the number of I/O's it may be a controller board of > some sort for something which needed a lot of go power, or perhaps an > embedded OS. > > The EPC part of the nomenclature kept hitting things made by Epson, so > maybe it is a scanner or printer controller? > > The large number of connectors is what bothers me with respect to it being > a part of a general purpose mini. I've not seen many with so many > connectors of this type, and therefore cables coming to the main > processor. And in a chassis type mounted mini that would be a huge mess of > cables to run out of a card slot if it were a high performance controller. > > Can prove me wrong, but I'm guessing some sort of controller. > thanks > Jim > All of those connectors make me think it's some sort of comm controller. FWIW. -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu> Dissertation: "Why the Conversation Mattered: Constructing a Sociotechnical Narrative Through a Design Lens Archivist, Voices From the Rwanda Tribunal <http://tribunalvoices.org> Value Sensitive Design Research Lab <http://vsdesign.org> University of Washington There is an old Vulcan saying: "Only Nixon could go to China."
