Paxton,
thanks, another suspicion is confirmed:
> The 82586 is
> intel's intelligent Ethernet controller so I am sure the 15 pin is an AIU
> Ethernet connector.
I've never built an Ethernet interface myself, but maybe now I have the
chance to do so. Just need to find some time somewhere. I'll go back and
look where I found the boards... ;-)
> With 3 50 pin connectors I think it is a Bridge of some sort.
You say they made terminal concentrators, too. Could these have had a
Z80 processor, complete with 64k of RAM, for every group of, say, four
serial interfaces, and the processor boards tied together at the 50-pin
connectors? - Then it is indeed "harvest time" for chips. (Picture Robin
Williams as he shouts these words in "Jumanji", during the flower
attack... ;-)
>
> Paxton
> Astoria, OR
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Andreas Freiherr
Vishay Semiconductor GmbH, Heilbronn, Germany
http://www.vishay.com
Received on Sat Jun 01 2002 - 15:20:33 BST