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

From: John Ruschmeyer <jruschme_at_mac.com>
Date: Thu Jun 1 22:43:25 2000

> From: Stan Perkins <stan_at_netcom.com>
> Subject: Please help ID this Mac board--I hope it's old enough for the list!
>
> Hello all,
>
> I just came across this small PCI type board, labeled:

If it's what I think, it's actually a PPC 601 PDS (processor direct slot)
card.

> APPLE COMPUTER INC.
> 820-0510-A c1993
>
> 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 :-)

Not that old... but none the less...

> 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.

Sounds like the AV card for the 1st-generation (NUBUS) PowerMacs
(6100/7100/8100).
 
> It came in a box labeled DOS Compatibility Card for Macintosh, but I'm
> beginning to think it's not.

More likely, someone removed it from an AV 6100 to install the DOS card.

Interesting find, though...
 
> Any clues are greatly appreciated!

You're welcome.

<<<John>>>
Received on Thu Jun 01 2000 - 22:43:25 BST