localzuk Posted February 3, 2017 Posted February 3, 2017 A 128 or a Lisa? Bingo. Macintosh 128 - M0001.
deKay Posted February 3, 2017 Posted February 3, 2017 Looks like a 128. - - - Updated - - - What's this from ? [ATTACH=CONFIG]41300[/ATTACH] Cub monitor. BBC special!
difinity Posted February 3, 2017 Posted February 3, 2017 Looks like a 128. - - - Updated - - - Cub monitor. BBC special! Nicely done.
MatthewL Posted February 3, 2017 Posted February 3, 2017 Don't recognise many of these! I work in IT but do better with the #guessthekit ones various fire stations run on Twitter run and I can identify most of it.
southhamster Posted February 3, 2017 Posted February 3, 2017 Ok folks, anyone recognise this? Bonus point if you know what the number on the bottom indicates........
DJ-1701 Posted February 3, 2017 Posted February 3, 2017 Ok folks, anyone recognise this? Bonus point if you know what the number on the bottom indicates........ [ATTACH=CONFIG]41303[/ATTACH] It's a small, off-duty Czechoslovakian traffic warden. 3
Garacesh Posted February 3, 2017 Posted February 3, 2017 Ok folks, anyone recognise this? Bonus point if you know what the number on the bottom indicates........ [ATTACH=CONFIG]41303[/ATTACH] Don't know about the numbers, but that to me looks like EEPROM
southhamster Posted February 3, 2017 Posted February 3, 2017 Don't know about the numbers, but that to me looks like EEPROM Correct! Edubeer to you sir. 27C256 Used to have to erase trays of the damn things in a UV eraser and then reprogram them to update firmware in the portable computers we manufactured in my first proper electronics job. Number is the access speed in ns - 200 (how sad that I remembered that useless information from those pre-Cambrian times)
Dos_Box Posted February 3, 2017 Author Posted February 3, 2017 Not so much name the card, but tell us all what this very short lived piece of technology did.
Garacesh Posted February 3, 2017 Posted February 3, 2017 Correct! Edubeer to you sir. 27C256 Used to have to erase trays of the damn things in a UV eraser and then reprogram them to update firmware in the portable computers we manufactured in my first proper electronics job. Number is the access speed in ns - 200 (how sad that I remembered that useless information from those pre-Cambrian times) Y'know, I've never actually used them, being only 26 and all. Just recognised it from.. I don't actually know where.
deKay Posted February 3, 2017 Posted February 3, 2017 Not so much name the card, but tell us all what this very short lived piece of technology did. [ATTACH=CONFIG]41307[/ATTACH] TV card, isn't it?
Dos_Box Posted February 3, 2017 Author Posted February 3, 2017 These things existed for about 18 months/2 years.
MrEprise Posted February 4, 2017 Posted February 4, 2017 (edited) Not so much name the card, but tell us all what this very short lived piece of technology did. [ATTACH=CONFIG]41307[/ATTACH] MPEG-2 Decoder card? Possibly so that you could playback DVD Video before the functionality was built into Graphics cards? Am I warm? Also, that "IDE to ISA adapter" on page 4 I seem to remember was commonly called a Hardcard, which was basically a hard disk and controller on an expansion card that could easily be slotted into computers which didn't have one. Edited February 4, 2017 by MrEprise 1
Dos_Box Posted February 4, 2017 Author Posted February 4, 2017 MPEG-2 Decoder card? Possibly so that you could playback DVD Video before the functionality was built into Graphics cards? Am I warm? Also, that "IDE to ISA adapter" on page 4 I seem to remember was commonly called a Hardcard, which was basically a hard disk and controller on an expansion card that could easily be slotted into computers which didn't have one. Exactly right 'Back in the day' if you wanted to watch DVD's on your PC you had to have a separate MPEG 2 decoder card. They were only around for about 2 years before graphics card technology kept up so I'll guess there are not that many knocking around these days.
synaesthesia Posted February 4, 2017 Posted February 4, 2017 It's a small, off-duty Czechoslovakian traffic warden. Smeghead 2
synaesthesia Posted February 4, 2017 Posted February 4, 2017 MPEG-2 Decoder card? Possibly so that you could playback DVD Video before the functionality was built into Graphics cards? Am I warm? Also, that "IDE to ISA adapter" on page 4 I seem to remember was commonly called a Hardcard, which was basically a hard disk and controller on an expansion card that could easily be slotted into computers which didn't have one. And indeed. Specifically it was a "Hardcard" you'd find in an Amstrad PC - 1410 I think the model was.
Dos_Box Posted February 4, 2017 Author Posted February 4, 2017 There are people asking £20 for MPEG 2 cards on Ebay!! Seriously, some people need to know what they have and what it's really worth (in this case zilch). 2
MrEprise Posted February 4, 2017 Posted February 4, 2017 And indeed. Specifically it was a "Hardcard" you'd find in an Amstrad PC - 1410 I think the model was. I guess I should have added that it'd be an easy upgrade for an Amstrad PC which were an absolute pain to take apart for repairs or upgrades. We had the PC2086 which had a panel at the back which when removed, gave you easy access to the expansion slots where a Hardcard could be easily added. This model however came with the option of a 20MB hard disk which normally sat where 1 of the floppy drives of the dual floppy model we had was. Theoretically, you could take it apart to retro-fit a hard disk in there but it really wasn't meant to be taken apart by the end user which is where a Hardcard then becomes a viable upgrade option.
sted Posted February 4, 2017 Posted February 4, 2017 Exactly right 'Back in the day' if you wanted to watch DVD's on your PC you had to have a separate MPEG 2 decoder card. They were only around for about 2 years before graphics card technology kept up so I'll guess there are not that many knocking around these days. in those days the back of my pc was a mess. normal 2d card, loopback to a 3dfx voodoo 2, loopback to a creative mpeg decoder card lol new pic
Dos_Box Posted February 4, 2017 Author Posted February 4, 2017 in those days the back of my pc was a mess. normal 2d card, loopback to a 3dfx voodoo 2, loopback to a creative mpeg decoder card lol new pic [ATTACH=CONFIG]41314[/ATTACH] Not forgetting a sound, modem and possible LAN card. No wonder they used to be so heavy!!
Al_NetSupport Posted February 4, 2017 Posted February 4, 2017 This was the first bit of hi tech wizardry we had at NetSupport offices. When our DOS version got to the size where it wouldn't fit on a single 3.5" floppy we almost had a crisis when we realised our production costs were double for every eval copy we posted out How things change ! You could even have a special version just for IPX or NetBios networks - #livingthedream 1
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