Need PDP boards identified

From: Zane H. Healy <healyzh_at_aracnet.com>
Date: Sun Apr 18 20:01:41 1999

>> A two board set from Plessey Peripheral Systems connected via a 50-pin
>> ribbon cable. The top board (P/N 703580) has 8 LEDs and a 10-pin
>> connector. The bottom board (P/N 703570) has 4 26-pin connectors and a
>> roughly 66-pin connector (not sure its exact size). The only thing I can
>> think of is some kind of drive controller.
>
>If the '66 pin' connector could be 60 pin, then that's almost certainly
>an SMD controller. The 60 pin cable is the drive control cable, the 26
>pins are for the 'radial' data cables (one per drive).

I just counted it, and as a matter of fact, it is a 60-pin connector.

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