[geeks] scsi notebook drives

Geoff Reed geoffr at zipcon.net
Fri Jun 7 04:33:53 CDT 2002


could you take some digital pics or scan them?

At 04:10 PM 6/6/02 -0400, you wrote:
>OK, here's what I would like to identify.  These are from a Mac IIfx. I 
>picked the machine up at a hamfest
>
>1)
>Full size nubus board, 13w3 connector, P/N, S/N, FCC ID all blank, look 
>like they might have been stickers, if so no sign of them.
>copyright 1988 tektronix.  BT 458KG80 Ramdac. 53.7100 MHZ Xtal. ROM 
>labeled Tektronix U460 Ver. 1.00 (obviously a video card, but I can't sync 
>to any of my monitors, would like to know sync on green, fixed sync, any specs)
>
>2)
>Full size nubus board, no external connector, Says Tektronix on front, no 
>P/N, Says Advance Technologies RP88 Risc Coprocessor on back.
>1x Motorola XC88100RC25E 3x XC88200RC25B. 50 MHz Xtal.  (possibly a 
>postscript RIP?)
>
>3)
>Half length nubus board, F 25pin connector, Tektronix Inc. 671-0523-00.
>lots of discrete 74xx logic, Intel 8255 chip
>
>Any clues would be useful, if this stuff was to allow printing to a 
>specific printer, any clues to printer identity would be useful.  If it's 
>a Phaser, Darn, but I can't afford to feed it, even if I found one :-)
>
>Tim
>
>
>On Tue, 4 Jun 2002 19:15:51 -0700
>"Peter L. Wargo" <pwargo at basenji.com> wrote:
>
> > On Tuesday, June 4, 2002, at 06:01 , Tim H. wrote:
> >
> > > Does anybody (Pete Wargo) have any cheap (unemployed cheap) small scsi
> > > notebook drives such as would fit in older powerbooks?  I have a PB170
> > > and a Duo 280C, both suffering from expired drives, and I'd like to
> > > find a couple, preferrably 100M+ to bring these to life.  In exchange I
> > > do have an extra Duo Dock (just the dock) if anybody would have a use
> > > for it.
> >
> > I shall look in the Closet Of Mystery(tm) - I think all I have are
> > PB100's with drive in 'em, but you never know.  (I used to have a 1.2G
> > 2.5" SCSI, I wonder where that went to...
> >
> > > And Pete, you being an Apple lover, If I were to get
> > > manufacturers/model#s of the cards in my IIfx with the 13W3 video I
> > > can't sync to anything, could you tell me what I have?
> >
> > Sure.  Might take me a while to page the info back into primary memory,
> > it got swapped out years ago... :-)
> >
> > > My biggest Mac is an PM8500/120, Which is on my desk primarily to
> > > represent Apple, but also because I like iCab, and use it as an HTML
> > > validator, but since I seem to have some spare time without any spare
> > > money I am attempting to go through the backlog of "someday" machines
> > > and bring as many as possible to life.
> >
> > 8500's are fun, you can make 'em G3's for under $100 these days.
> >
> > -Pete
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