PICS WTH IS THIS HARDWARE I GOT?

[BmXStuD]

It came out of a old pc from my auties job. A old gateway p1 233mhz prob. they where throwing away.

(btw the big card look like it has a printer port on it and on the card it has like a floppy thing and hard drive ide.)
my pics on my site(sorry boutt teh ads but i had it on yahoo but it limit how many times ppl can go so i moved..
that video card cant be dual can it hehe?

 

[ElFenix]

looks like a scsi controller and a video card. some old video cards had a different port on them, but i don't recall what that second port was. my millenium has one.

 

[Sid59]

old stuff .. i should take pictures of hardwar pull i did on a 486 .. =)

what's up with your focus? broken or not trying to use flash?

 

[BmXStuD]

k im going to move the site since yahoo limits the bandwith grr.
no i only got a webcam sorry i was hold the camrea in my hand. Everyone hands shake alittle heh and its a budet web cam.


*new site is http://s4rge.o-f.com/ http://s4rge.o-f.com/ *

 

[Pariah]

The top card looks like a SCSI card, the bottom looks like an old Matrox video card. With a clear picture of the main chip on each card it should be pretty easy to determine what they are.

 

[BmXStuD]

a scsi card hmm i have no idea what to do w/ it. its ISA and i want to know is this video card dual?

 

[RyanM]

I have a Matrox Millenium II in my closet. Looks nearly EXACTLY like that. I believe the ribbon cable attachment things are for a extra-memory daughtercard. It also has the two video outputs; no, they can't be used at the same time. Anyways, that's my guess - A Matrox videocard.

Isn't there silkscreening on the chips on the card that might give some clues?

 

[Pariah]

Originally posted by: BmXStuD
a scsi card hmm i have no idea what to do w/ it. its ISA and i want to know is this video card dual?

An ISA SCSI card is even more useless than your typical useless ISA card. Assuming the video card is a Matrox, no it isn't dual head. The second connector was used for VIVO if you had a Matrox RainbowRunner daughter card.

 

[BmXStuD]

uhh damn grr i want a dual card. the big isa card came outta a p1 100mhz gateway. i got like 5 computers from my auntie all gateways. oh ya the vid card is matrox and for thoses who dont know.... thoses are 2 differnt cards.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

The big ISA one is likely a 16-bit SCSI controller card. Slow like ass.
The video card is a Matrox MGA - one VGA, one 24-pin DFP (Digital Flat Panel, very old school) connector

Enjoy.

- M4H

 

[DaFinn]

Yup, the first ones a SCSI card. The second card is a Matrox vid card. The other connector is either a 24-pin DFP as said before OR a Video in/out connector. Just needs a dongle with appropriate ports...



-DaFinn

 

[ndee]

Originally posted by: BmXStuD
It came out of a old pc from my auties job. A old gateway p1 233mhz prob. they where throwing away.

(btw the big card look like it has a printer port on it and on the card it has like a floppy thing and hard drive ide.)
my pics on my site(sorry boutt teh ads but i had it on yahoo but it limit how many times ppl can go so i moved..
that video card cant be dual can it hehe?

seems like you took those pics in a red-light district.

 

[Woodchuck2000]

I'm pretty sure that the other port is actually a 15 pin joystick port - I had a 2Mb mystique that had one....

 

[CTho9305]

Are you guys sure that isn't an ISA IDE controller card? That doesn't look wide enough to be SCSI in one shot and the other is so blurry...

 

[sharkeeper]

First card is an Adaptec AHA-1542F/1540CF ISA Bus Mastering HBA. It has a SCSI AND Floppy Controller with associated BIOS. The "printer port" is a centronix SCSI interface for narrow SCSI external devices that were very popular at the time. This is 1994 we're talking about here!

The second card is a Matrox Millenium MGA series with either 2 or 4MB of WRAM.

Cheers!