On 11/18/06, aliensrcooluk at yahoo.co.uk <aliensrcooluk at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
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?
Sounds like they sold more than one size - perhaps the same base
board, but with different amounts of RAM chips installed.
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?!
Sounds like an application key - a 'dongle'.
Certain packages, even for the Amiga, required a hardware "key" to
operate. Some have ROMs inside, some are simple
resistor/capacitor/diode arrangements for game ports.
I know I have an Amiga database package with a dongle, but I don't
know what app yours might be for. Perhaps someone will recognize it
from the description.
-ethan