"scrap" auction...

[Nick Jarmany]

>> Anybody recognize the board in this lot:
>>
>> 120314777595
>>
>> transputer maybe?  I hope the bidder isn't really going
>> to reclaim the obvious "pounds" of gold on it.
>
>The logo on top of each post looks like the Fairchild logo. The numbers

>suggest a date of 1976, but it looks *very* high tech for something of
that 
>vintage.
>
>Alexis.

I'm certainly no expert on mainframes, but I do recognise a Fujitsu logo
when I see one. So, my money is on this being a board out of a Fujitsu
mainframe computer. Chips like that, with cooling towers etc....  Maybe
ECL logic?

I remember many years ago visiting Fujitsu's main development location.
The whole of the basement was constructed as a museum of all Fujitsu
major products over the years, including tons of computer stuff. I
remember marvelling at PCBs with 20+ signal layers and integral fluid
cooling etc, in the days when most PCBs were only double sided or 4
layers at best. Fascinating stuff!

I suspect the winner of the auction has got himself something that would
have cost major $$$ when new.

Nick Jarmany