Please help ID this Mac board--I hope it's old enough for the list!

From: healyzh_at_aracnet.com <(healyzh_at_aracnet.com)>
Date: Thu Jun 1 18:07:58 2000

>
> Hello all,
>
> I just came across this small PCI type board, labeled:
>
> APPLE COMPUTER INC.
> 820-0510-A c1993

Are you sure it's a PCI board? If it's from '93 it's to old to be a PCI
board, as it was in late '95 that Apple switched from NuBus to PCI slots.


>
> It also has a chip on it with the label:
>
> 341S0021
> c 1983-93 Apple
> ^
> |
> |-----That's why I'm hoping it's old enough to qualify :-)
>
> Anyway, on one side of the PCB it's got four large quad flat pack chips,
> from Philips, TI, VLSI, and BT, and on the other side (with the Apple
> labeled chip I mentioned earlier) it has two rows of 8 each Toshiba
> TC528128BJ-80 RAM chips. On the back end it has a DB-15F connector (like
> the old Apple monitor connector) and two round DIN connectors labeled "S
> IN" and "S OUT" with 7 female contacts each.
>
> It came in a box labeled DOS Compatibility Card for Macintosh, but I'm
> beginning to think it's not.

I suspect you're right, no sign of a x86 CPU? It doesn't sound like ones on
there.

> Any clues are greatly appreciated!

Well, Apple has had a habit of putting parts of their systems on other
boards. I think what you've got here is the Video and Audio portion of a
68k based Mac. Taking a quick look at what was shipping in '93
http://lowendmac.net/time/1991-95.shtml I'd guess that it's from a Centris
or a Quadra.

                                Zane
Received on Thu Jun 01 2000 - 18:07:58 BST

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