Help ID this IBM ISA video card please

From: Steven N. Hirsch <shirsch_at_adelphia.net>
Date: Fri Jun 25 20:01:02 2004

On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 SUPRDAVE_at_aol.com wrote:

> It's not in any of my PC ref guides, even ones old enough to include family
> one types.
>
> It's two full length 16bit ISA cards bolted together. There's a connection
> betwen them. Two EPROMs and several big square chips. No standard FRU number
> that I can see anywhere. One of the cards is labeled DISPLAY CONTROLLER.
> One of the cards has a 25 pin female connector. The other board has a
> connector I've never seen before. It's a D shaped shell which has 3 holes side by
> side no more than .25 inch in diameter. In each hole, there's a small pin. What
> in the world is this?

That's an IBM RT/PC 'Megapel' video adapter. It used the same wierd
connector as the early microchannel RS/6000 machines. For the time, it
was an extremely sophisticated piece of hardware.

Steve
Received on Fri Jun 25 2004 - 20:01:02 BST