help identifying S100 board

From: vrs <vrs_at_msn.com>
Date: Tue Nov 11 19:34:23 2003

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ian Primus" <ian_primus_at_yahoo.com>
> That would fit with the boards I have, since the copyright date is
> 1990. I need to sit down and trace out more of the circuits on the
> board, but it definitely does seem to be an S100 board. I have tried to
> figure out what the two 26 pin headers at the upper left are connected
> to, but I can't see under some of the components. They do appear to be
> serial ports, but I don't know which pins would contain which signals,
> so wiring it up to a terminal might be tricky. Maybe if I look up the
> specs on the UART and the 1488/1489 driver pair, I can figure out how
> their circuit works, and where I can tap into the signals. Powering the
> board shouldn't be a problem, since I can easily tell how the power
> regulators are connected. Now, if only I knew what this thing did...

If they are 26 pin headers, I wonder if you put a ribbon cable connector on
one, with a ribbon cable version of the DB-25 on the other end (pin 1 to pin
1), whether it would "just work"? Some of the S-100 stuff was like that.

    Vince
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