17 Nov
2006
17 Nov
'06
4:56 p.m.
Hi,
I received a 4MB PCMCIA ram card off of eBay
today. It's by Amitek and is for the A600 &
A1200. It is known as RAM 6040 and has the
serial number A010100. It states on the back
of the video box (yes, it's in a video box) that
it was distributed in the UK by SDL. On the
front of the box it states "4MB populated",
what does that mean?
'Populated' meanss much the same as 'chips fitted'. I can read that
statement in 2 ways. Either this board will hold 4Mbytes when populated,
or that this board is currently populated with 4Mbytes of chips.
Shouldn't be too hard to figure out which.
However, the main reason for this post is this:
Inside the box is (as the seller stated) "a
thing". It's a small oblong object with a
female 9 pin connector (like a mouse port). On
the opposite end is a smal sticker with
"K50076" on it. On the top of the "thing" is a
chequered pattern in silver which starts about
2cm from either end. It is completely sealed
all the way around, no screws or join marks,
with the only exception being the connector
bit. I even tried shaking it! No sound at all.
As stated the seller has no idea what this is
and I am totally stumped too. What is it?!
My first guess is a software protection 'dongle'. It's sealed so that it
can't (easily) be reverese-engineered or copied. If it's for the Amiga, I
would guess it plugs into one of the joystick ports, if it's for a PC,
then into an AT style seiral port.
-tony