23 Mar
2017
23 Mar
'17
1:26 a.m.
I don't have any idea what this is but it appears to have Z-8000
CPU+MMU chips. Perhaps an Onyx or S8000 CPU card? I know some folks
here are in to that sort of thing.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NOS-Vintage-DSC-MP-4-EPC-Rev-D-K-Expansion-Board-Ca…
KJ
23 Mar
23 Mar
2:26 a.m.
Its not an Olivetti M20 but might be a M30 or M40. These were Mini class machines.
It would be towards the last of the Z8000 with a MMU.
Dwight
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Subject: Z-8000 something on eBay
I don't have any idea what this is but it appears to have Z-8000
CPU+MMU chips. Perhaps an Onyx or S8000 CPU card? I know some folks
here are in to that sort of thing.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NOS-Vintage-DSC-MP-4-EPC-Rev-D-K-Expansion-Board-Ca…
KJ
9:12 a.m.
On 3/22/2017 6:26 PM, Ken Seefried via cctalk wrote:
I don't have any idea what this is but it appears
to have Z-8000
CPU+MMU chips. Perhaps an Onyx or S8000 CPU card? I know some folks
here are in to that sort of thing.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NOS-Vintage-DSC-MP-4-EPC-Rev-D-K-Expansion-Board-Ca…
KJ
just guessing with the number of I/O's it may be a controller board of
some sort for something which needed a lot of go power, or perhaps an
embedded OS.
The EPC part of the nomenclature kept hitting things made by Epson, so
maybe it is a scanner or printer controller?
The large number of connectors is what bothers me with respect to it
being a part of a general purpose mini. I've not seen many with so many
connectors of this type, and therefore cables coming to the main
processor. And in a chassis type mounted mini that would be a huge mess
of cables to run out of a card slot if it were a high performance
controller.
Can prove me wrong, but I'm guessing some sort of controller.
thanks
Jim
5:23 p.m.
On Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 2:12 AM, jim stephens via cctalk <
cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
On 3/22/2017 6:26 PM, Ken Seefried via cctalk wrote:
All of those connectors make me think it's some sort of comm controller.
FWIW.
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I don't have any idea what this is but it
appears to have Z-8000
CPU+MMU chips. Perhaps an Onyx or S8000 CPU card? I know some folks
here are in to that sort of thing.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NOS-Vintage-DSC-MP-4-EPC-Rev-D-K-Exp
ansion-Board-Card-PCB-for-Mini-Computer/152475939021
KJ
just guessing with the number of I/O's it may be a controller board of
some sort for something which needed a lot of go power, or perhaps an
embedded OS.
The EPC part of the nomenclature kept hitting things made by Epson, so
maybe it is a scanner or printer controller?
The large number of connectors is what bothers me with respect to it being
a part of a general purpose mini. I've not seen many with so many
connectors of this type, and therefore cables coming to the main
processor. And in a chassis type mounted mini that would be a huge mess of
cables to run out of a card slot if it were a high performance controller.
Can prove me wrong, but I'm guessing some sort of controller.
thanks
Jim
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