Strange boards in Apple//e

From: Jim Strickland <jim_at_calico.litterbox.com>
Date: Mon Nov 8 19:38:07 1999

>
> > an eprom chip is covered with a label "SSB-1" there is a 10 pin ribbon cable connector
> > that goes to a 9 pin female connector on the back plate. the biggest chip on the board is a
> > SYU6551a - serial board of some kind?
>
> The 6551 is a fairly common asychronous serial chip (with an internal
> buad rate generator IIRC). This board is probably a clone of the Apple
> Super Serial card or something like that.
>
> >
> > Board 2
> > Says Digicard D-Net and has a wire that goes to a board in slot 1. biggest chip is an am8530h-
> > 6pc
>
> THe 8530 is a complex sync/async serial chip IIRC. It's the one used in
> the Macintosh, etc. This could be some kind of network card (based on the
> name), although it may well not use any well-known protocol.
>

Bet this is an appletalk network card. Rare birds, those.


> >
> > Board 3
> >
> > also says Digicard, The largest chip has a label that says "Digicard Video Network V1.5"
>
> No idea on this one.

Me neither. Maybe a higher resolution video card?

>
> -tony
>


-- 
Jim Strickland
jim_at_DIESPAMMERSCUMcalico.litterbox.com
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