UNIBUS Mystery Board ID

From: Don Maslin <donm_at_cts.com>
Date: Thu Mar 28 16:01:56 2002

On Thu, 28 Mar 2002, Zane H. Healy wrote:

> >This hex-width board was found sitting in a UNIBUS backplane. It looks like
> >it may have more than two PCB layers. The metal handle, where the board
> >number is usually stamped, is unmarked; no board number is stamped there. On
> >the front side, top left, is "AD413A MADE IN USA". The top middle had the
> >"200415-03" handwritten on it, but that has been crossed out by a marker,
> >and "200850-02" appears beneath it. The top right has "S/N 5781"
> >handwritten. There are two 50-pin BERG (maybe formatted Pertec) connectors
> >at the front top. On the back of the board, at the top right, is "MRX42
> >200255-02", machine printed. A little to the left of that is "3183",
> >handwritten.
> >
> >Google has returned nothing. What have I here?
>
> Just a major WAG, but since it says AD413A in one spot it could be an
> "Analog to Digital Converter". Though two 50-pin connectors seem an awful
> lot for that.
>
> When you say 50-pin the first thing that comes to mind is SCSI, HOWEVER, I
> think it's safe to say it's not that based on the chips. There is
> something else that uses 50-pin connectors, but I'm to tired to remember.

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Received on Thu Mar 28 2002 - 16:01:56 GMT

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