24 Aug
1999
24 Aug
'99
6:34 a.m.
Hi,
Is there a web site that, on entry of an IBM part number, returns what that
thing is?
I picked up an old (made in early '89 from date codes on the chips) IBM 8-bit
ISA card the other day. It's half-length, and the only connector on the rear
panel is a BNC. There are no jumpers on the card. Part number is 25F8545.
Searching for the part number on the IBM web site didn't turn up anything. On
Dejanews, one posting mentioned that part number. This card might be a "3270
emulator" apparently.
Can anyone shed more light on this? What exactly is it?
-- Mark
24 Aug
24 Aug
12:16 p.m.
One thing you can try is www.ibmlink.ibm.com. Search for an announcement
letter with the part number.
(See the "Old Letters" link).
In this case, I already have, but got no hits. Does the board have an FRU
number? Usually IBM boards had several numbers -- try them all.
Jay
At 06:34 PM 8/24/99 +0000, you wrote:
Hi,
Is there a web site that, on entry of an IBM part number, returns what that
thing is?
I picked up an old (made in early '89 from date codes on the chips) IBM 8-bit
ISA card the other day. It's half-length, and the only connector on the rear
panel is a BNC. There are no jumpers on the card. Part number is 25F8545.
Searching for the part number on the IBM web site didn't turn up anything. On
Dejanews, one posting mentioned that part number. This card might be a "3270
emulator" apparently.
Can anyone shed more light on this? What exactly is it?
-- Mark
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1:49 p.m.
On 24 Aug 99 at 18:34, Mark wrote:
Hi,
Is there a web site that, on entry of an IBM part number, returns what that
thing is?
I picked up an old (made in early '89 from date codes on the chips) IBM 8-bit
ISA card the other day. It's half-length, and the only connector on the rear
panel is a BNC. There are no jumpers on the card. Part number is 25F8545.
Searching for the part number on the IBM web site didn't turn up anything. On
Dejanews, one posting mentioned that part number. This card might be a "3270
emulator" apparently.
Can anyone shed more light on this? What exactly is it?
-- Mark
There was just a thread on the problem of identifying IBM card by the FRU # on
the PS2 newsgroup. Apparently there are tens of thousands of FRU issues, each
of which had it's own # even when the FRU in question only had minor
variations. If the function is known the FRU can serve to identify it further
if someone else has the card. Sort of a catch 22. You might check out the
thread for identification solutions. If it was an MCA card Peter Wendts program
can identify most of them when in the machine.
ciao larry
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