Sounds like a single board computer. These type of things are used in the embedded
market... stuff like automation, defense industries, etc.
They sell newer ones these days with PCI or PCI Express, PC/104 connections. Never used
them before either.
Here's one such vendor...
http://www.emacinc.com/sbc_pc.htm
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From: Brian Lanning <brianlanning at gmail.com>
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Mon, November 23, 2009 2:52:03 PM
Subject: isa 486 computer-on-a-board type things
Hi Everyone. I have no idea what these things are called. They show up on
ebay all the time and look like entire 486 machines on a full-length 16-bit
isa card. I'm assuming these are designed to be plugged into a passive back
plane.
I've always wanted to tinker with a computer of this design, but I haven't
had any exposure to them. Is there anything I should look for or avoid
before trying to buy one of these boards? Thanks.
brian