20 Nov
1999
20 Nov
'99
8:43 a.m.
At 02:16 PM 11/20/99 -0800, Zane wrote:
Here is the info on the Mystery boards (I have two of
them):
American Sign
& Ind Corp
CCMP 316
They have two connectors labled as follows:
Data Output {24-pin Berg connector}
Temp Interface {24-pin Berg connector}
The Data Output connector is the one that the mystery cable I mentioned
yesterday goes to. The on end of the cable is the 24-pin Berg connector,
the other end a 10-pin Cannon Plug.
Cool, you've picked up a bank sign! This system was used to display a
message in lights up on a pole somewhere and alternate that with the
current temperature. If its like the one I've seen there is a 2708
character ROM on the "data" board. The I played with could display a
message that is about 65 characters in length on a 32 x 16 set of light
bulbs. I checked and I don't have any data any more on the sign, I may
still have a paper tape around here somewhere.
--Chuck