I got these items in a batch of other surplus items and
I'm trying to determine their use or value. If anyone
on this list is interested, please send a note, or off
to eBay they go.
See
http://www.threedee.com/optics/ for pictures and more
detailed descriptions.
One is a HP A3406A Fibre Channel Host Adapter. I wasn't able
to find this part number on HP/Aligent's web site, and it
produced few other web hits. This a HP-HSC card, as used
in today's K-series of servers. It can sustain 1/4 gigabit
rates.
Another item is a HP 83441B SONET SDH reference receiver.
Is this used in testing very high speed optical networking
equipment? It supports 622 Mbps SONET OC-12 and SDH and STM-4.
It has fiber input on one end and RF output on the other.
Another interesting item is a 28-pin DIP that appears to
be a 20 mw semiconductor laser. This is an XMT1300-1.2,
an optical driver for Fibre Channel (FC-0). An optical
fiber emerges from one end and terminates in a standard
pigtail fiber connector. It is a 20 milliwatt, Class 3b
semiconductor laser, probably GaAs, centered at 1300 nm.
It was made in 1991, so I felt close enough to the 10-year
rule to post. :-)
It was made by BT&D Technologies (British Telecom + Dupont)
in 1991, now part of Agilent Technologies, a Hewlett-Packard
company. It is one of their "logic to light" transmitters.
- John
Received on Wed Nov 08 2000 - 09:41:58 GMT