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[Sridhar Ayengar]

Wulf daMan wrote:
> On 8/31/06, Roy J. Tellason <rtellason at verizon.net> wrote:
> 
>> The last one is also a 16-bit card.  On the metal brack is a 50-pin 
>> connector
>> (same thing you'd see on an Adaptec 1520, 1540, etc.) and on the 
>> opposite end
>> is a 4-pin "drive power" (like in any PC) connector for power to 
>> apparently
>> be supplied_to_ the card,  a small button ("tac" switch),  and a 2x5 pin
>> shrouded connector.  And across the top of the card is a big 2.4 ohm 
>> 10W (!)
>> power resistor,  not the sort of thing I'm used to seeing on "PC" 
>> hardware.
>> This one's all surface mount,  and the one square chip in there is marked
>> "Altera",  not a name I'm at all familiar with.  No other markings on the
>> board except a sticker hiding under that big resistor with a barcode 
>> and a
>> rather long number on it.
> 
>  This one came out of IBM systems (sorry, I dont recall the actual
> models involved here).  These systems were designed to be relatively
> low-footprint, with the computer proper (minitower) tucked away
> somewhere more convenient.  These cards attached a remote floppy/cd
> unit, as well as the kb and mouse (ps2).
>  Pentium/Socket7, replacable VRM, upgradable L2 cache (the unit I
> have has ".2MB NS 32K x 64 3.3v 66MHz), odd construction.  Used an AT
> psu, ps2 kb/mouse, riser card for all expansion slots.
>  I had a customer with one of these systems, and they were ok for
> their time.  When they upgraded their system, I was given the old one.
> Very handy design if you used the drives alot, but otherwise, it was
> just annoying.


I know that system.  It was one of the Craptivas.  The floppy and CD-ROM 
were in a popup panel coming out of a remote module.

Peace...  Sridhar