Unknown Sun3 board

From: Zane H. Healy <healyzh_at_aracnet.com>
Date: Sun Jul 18 11:00:30 1999

>On Sat, 17 Jul 1999, Tony Duell wrote:
>
>> That was my first guess as well. Clearpoint were well-known for 3rd party
>> RAM.
>
>I don't suppose there's any part of Clearpoint left operating that I could
>ask is there?

Now there is the kind of question I love! <evil grin>
http://www.clearpoint.com/ Looks like they still make Sun 3 boards, but
that isn't one of them.

>My current guess is currently leaning towards a video board of some sort.
>I'm not sure if I mentioned it in the first mail, but it also has a female
>9pin DIN connector, which is what Sun3s used for mono video. However, I
>don't know why a video board would have a Norm/Diag switch, or a reset
>button.

Well, if it is some sort of FPU/Coprocessor maybe you are supposed to plug
a terminal in there? Don't think I'd recommend trying if you don't know.

                                Zane
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