An interesting isa card

[Patrick Finnegan]

On Wednesday, October 06, 2010, Brian Lanning wrote:
> I just picked up one of these:
> 
> http://www.berkprod.com/Product_Web_Pages/isa_pc_watchdog.aspx
> 
> from ebay for $7.  It looks like it watches the machine for locked up
> software, then presses the reset button for you.  What else can I do
> with this?  What's the db-9 port for?

From the page you linked to:

"Relay contacts available on screw terminals, a DB-9 connector, and an 
internal header on the board."

I'm guessing it's so you can connect the on-board relay to something 
external to the machine.

Pat
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