11 Aug
2006
11 Aug
'06
11:25 a.m.
On Friday 11 August 2006 01:59 pm, Chuck Guzis wrote:
On 8/11/2006 at 1:37 PM Roy J. Tellason wrote:
A bit, but not much. They don't even say all that much about just what the
darn thing does.
Both are marked "Frontier TEchnologies Corp.
AdCom 2-M Controller", one is
also marked "Version 3" (this one also has a holder for a coin cell on it)
and the other one "Version 5". There's also a Z80-SIO and an 8253 on each
board, and the Version 3 one has an 8255 as well.
Here's a little bit on the critter:
http://www.frontiertech.com/aboutus/aboutus.asp Sounds like the company's "reinvented"
itself a couple of times since then.
Yeah. I note with interest that they mention a lot of dealings with
government in there, and the military. I got these with a "box of junk"
that included some other bits that make me think that the military base in
the area is probably where this stuff originated. I notice the site also
mentions Zenith Data Systems which also saw a lot of use there as well.
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Member of the toughest, meanest, deadliest, most unrelenting -- and
ablest -- form of life in this section of space, a critter that can
be killed but can't be tamed. --Robert A. Heinlein, "The Puppet Masters"
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Information is more dangerous than cannon to a society ruled by lies. --James
M Dakin