24 Nov
2004
24 Nov
'04
10:51 p.m.
On Wed, 2004-11-24 at 22:15 -0500, Joe R. wrote:
OK I just finished posting some pictures of the
Masscomp machine that I
took apart. Here they are:
Thanks for those! That's very different to our machine - ours is a big
tower setup; going from memory about 10" wide, maybe 24" deep and 36"
tall. If it weren't an hour's drive away I'd go take a look at it now
and see what it has inside...
In no particular order these are: (1) this card
that I can't remember
what it is <http://www.classiccmp.org/hp/masscomp/unknown.jpg>.
Not much in the way of large chips on that - given that and the size of
the connectors, it suggests some sort of data aquisition again to me, or
parallel output to something...
(6) The last card in the system (topmost) is a XMC
(hard)disk/floppy/tape
controller
<http://www.classiccmp.org/hp/masscomp/XMC%20disk-floppy-tape%20controller%2
0xylogic%20431.jpg>. I believe this actually a XYLogics 431 card.
Hmm, that looks vaguely like NCR's Mass Storage Controller - quite
possibly the same board. I'll have to have a look; I've got an MSC
culled from a Tower 400 but it's not to hand at the mo (God knows *why*
I've kept it; it's of no use in my Tower 700 as that has a SCSI
controller)
cheers!
Jules