board id/finds

From: Chuck McManis <cmcmanis_at_mcmanis.com>
Date: Fri May 11 19:55:06 2001

Sigh, I've been going through my stuff, paring it down 'cuz I have to move
it :-), and this has given me incentive to actually go through some of the
systems I've bought but had 'staged' for later analysis. One is a MicroVAX
3600 in the H9644 cabinet. This is a pretty big VAX for the Q-bus series.
I've seen custom configs done bigger with the BA23's in a tall corporate
rack but as a unit, this was one of the larger Q-bus VAXen around.

Now normally these things had the BA213 mounted in the lower part of the
rack and a big RA81 or RA82 mounted in the top. One of the things that
excited me about this machine was that the RA82 has been removed and
replaced with a case filled with 4 SCSI drives and an 8MM DAT drive. SCSI
drives normally imply a SCSI interface, but alas, I opened it up and there
is one open slot in the backplane and no bus grant jumper. I can guess what
used to be there. Oh well.

However, one of the other things was an Emulex board that I'm trying to
identify. It has these numbers:
        K12S12/500W
        SN: AAG6933 CM
        Assy #: QS0910201-02

Then four high density 36 pin honda connectors on an Sbox handle. There is
also a small three position switch labeled 'norm', 'reset', and 'setup.'
I'm guessing it is some sort of async port. Anyone know for sure? Does
anyone know the actual Emulex model number and if cables are available? If
its a 32 port serial card it would be pretty cool.

--Chuck
Received on Fri May 11 2001 - 19:55:06 BST