[geeks] scsi notebook drives

[Peter L. Wargo]

On Thursday, June 6, 2002, at 01:10 , Tim H. wrote:

> 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)

Man, good question.  From what I've been able to discover and remember, 
Tek made some special-purpose card/monitor sets quite a ways back.  I 
doubt it'd be worth trying to hook it up, unless you are really into 
pain. (See below for other comments)

> 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?)

88K RISC CPU board for a Mac II.  See:
http://www.mactech.com/articles/mactech/Vol.06/06.09/RISConMacII/

I remember this board... Truly cool.  I';; have to keep my eyes open for 
one, I wonder if it would work in a IIci...

> 3)
> Half length nubus board, F 25pin connector, Tektronix Inc. 671-0523-00.
> lots of discrete 74xx logic, Intel 8255 chip

Tektronix NuBus SCSI Interface, I think.

You know, you should be able to plug them into a NUBUS-equipped mac and 
query them - that's part of the NUBUS standard - there should be info on 
there.  If you look around, there are utilities to query cards, or later 
version of the apple system profiler might as well.

-pete