Altomare

I like old hardware and to start projects I'll never finish.

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The most beautiful vintage PCB I've ever seen. No idea what it's for or where it's from...

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@artcher_artwork As they say, yoink!

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@kenshirriff @bitsavers Thank you very much, that's exactly what I was looking for!

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Does anyone know how to read IBM SLT/MST cards and chips codes?

For the cards, I know 5862769 is the card number (a buffer for the 129), but I have no clue how to interpret A196355.
The bottom card is RAM.

Same goes with the chips.
@kenshirriff @bitsavers any pointer?

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@kenshirriff @bitsavers Ah, that's the answer I dreaded...

Does the long answer contain a way to somehow date the modules? I see a lot of what appears to be consecutive numbers (card IDs) so I assume it can be use to somehow guess a range

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@BinaryDinosaurs @thilographie_de I need to check through boxes, I have old polaroids of the setup the machine used to be in.
It was in a homemade wooden terminal-style case with 4 drives, but sadly the wood was starting to rot due to water damage

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@BinaryDinosaurs They're serial boards (QIO RS). If you need one let me know, I don't need two.
The machine came like that and has a weird history, still need to properly care for it and fully clean it

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@BinaryDinosaurs Hell yes, the baby even has one available slot (that used to house a Minitel server card)!

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@otoka_j @cyothevile Poke @DotMatrixSpook

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@Keyboards_bot @_Laurent_Fr_ @homecompmuseum this looks familiar 😌

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@Siliconinsid It all makes sense now! 🤯

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@sjpiper145 Tinkering boards?

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@jeriellsworth @tiltfive Please do not eat the roomba

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@MarkFixesStuff @computermuseum DM me and I'll send it your way

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@MarkFixesStuff @computermuseum Found one

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@MarkFixesStuff @computermuseum I think I have some, I'll check next Sunday

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@Siliconinsid @punishedtotes Yup, it was the Wi-Fi card from a HP Pavilion from '08 or '09. It was so unstable and I hated it with passion. So much so that I ended up decapping it 😅

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@Bebdown @LinusTech Of course, it's kinda relaxing 😌

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@MLE_Online I can't find the reference in the databook, but it's definitely Litronix. It matches the window from one of my displays, and the little cap is the same as the DL-1416.
You can check the DL-1416 datasheet, the logic is likely the same but simplified (as yours is a 7 segment).

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@MLE_Online I am pretty sure these are integrated-driver displays from Litronix. I have seen very similar ones in their databook.

I'll try to find the exact reference