Rob Jarratt wrote:
I recently acquired a couple of MicroVAX 2000s. One of
them has this
board
in it [...] I don't know what this board is but it
connects by two
ribbon cables to
connectors on the main board. Can anyone tell me what
it is?
Since it has the AMD Am7990 (DEC 21-21672-07) "LANCE" Ethernet MAC and
what appears to be an AMD Am7992 Ethernet transceiver (obscured by
rework), it seems likely that it is the optional DESVA Ethernet
interface module (installed as standard on VAXstation 2000). Note that
the presence of an Ethernet connector on the KA410 main logic board
doesn't mean that the machine has Ethernet; they just put the connector
there but the necessary electronics is all on the separate module.
Eric