On Sat, 18 Aug 2001 gwynp_at_artware.qc.ca wrote:
> On 19-Aug-2001 Iggy Drougge wrote:
> > I've come across two full-length eight-bit ISA cards from Gateway
> > Communications. The main chips on it is a family of Zilog chips: Z80
> > CPU,
> > 2?SCC, Z80 CTC. The blanking plate fatures a micro-D50, the same kind
> > found on
> > SCSI cards. It's not uncommon to find Zilog chips on SCSI controllers,
> > but
> > that connector was AFAIk introduced with SCSI-2, and an 8-bit SCSI-2
> > card
> > seems like an odd thing to do.
> > The card is labelled WNIM Z80 and is copyrighted 1990. The farther end
> > of the
> > card features two 10-pin headers marked PORT 1,2 and PORt 3,4
> > respectively.
> >
> > What could this board be for?
>
> Looks like they would be serial boards :
>
> http://www.utexas.edu/ftp/microlib/info/microgram/90_Nov/net_dos_serial_sha
> re
Not any more, now they're Z80 donors. But how does one find out their
frequency rating?
Received on Sat Aug 18 2001 - 23:37:31 BST