it's got BNC connetors which were used a lot in network stuff and video related stuff.. the other connector hhmm maybe out of terminal.. open the box, the pcb will give you clues I bet.
Hmm - from the size of that box connector I'd imagine some sort of early hard drive, but a better guess based on the size rules that out. How heavy is it? An old box that size I wouldn't expect anything complicated enough to need anywhere near all those pins.
Hang on - which cable goes where? I was assuming the thick one in the back is a power supply, but is that that cable with the boxy multi-pin connector? And the other BNC lead goes nowhere? In which case there's no obvious power in?
Maybe it's a modulator to turn some sort of complex monitor input into video out?
But a cal sticker? And no obvious in/out markings? No idea. As fog says, crack it open.
The fact it was calibrated points to some type of test equipment..the push button and LED on the front would go along with that...not sure about the connector though
Ground bond tester perhaps? I only say that because have one one here and it looks similar..cept no weird connector.
I don't see any LEDs. Maybe it's a push-button (rather than a twist knob) but that looks like a TV's RF socket on the front. Although hard to tell if it's in or out.
Maybe it's a de-modulator - a tuning circuit controlled by whatever that big connector is? Takes RF in and puts the extracted signal(s) out the back? Controlled by some sort of digital interface, hence all the pins?
Is the switch on the left and instant off/on switch or does it toggle.
If its on/off instantly that would kind of go with test equipment too, with the green (good) led/light lighting up for a good test, that's how our ground bond tester works. Possibly a specialized piece of test equipment for whatever the special plug was for?
Hmm - from the size of that box connector I'd imagine some sort of early hard drive, but a better guess based on the size rules that out.
I remember seeing a 120mb quantum drive at a friends work place. it was the size of a breeze block :lol: they used it as a door wedge in their computer graveyeard.
I remember seeing a 120mb quantum drive at a friends work place. it was the size of a breeze block :lol: they used it as a door wedge in their computer graveyeard.
Check out this one that has been sitting in my desk since before I worked here...
Label says:
Seagate ST-251-1 H/D 0.28MB :lol: (surely the transfer rate?)
EDIT: Actually I think it says 28MS labels really faded. Googling suggests is 40-50mb.
as i said in a previous thread stick it in a bin bag and leave it at the local train station, the local paper the next week will tell you what it was. :-P
I'm sure they used to do phone in quiz questions on kids breakfast TV like this, take a close-up pic of something and people phone in & try to guess what it was.
Surprising that nobody has done a similar thread already.. ;)
beanz, to give you an idea of the drive size.. you know them double height scsci drive enclosures or ones for cd drives? that was the size of the drive :lol: you had to have it outside the machine and run it with the cover off.
I do remember fitting a 40gb scsi drive in a mac 12 years ago, and the drive cost about 1-2k , as it was 10,000 rpm or was for AV. it was a hassle to actually find the space in the g4 to fit it :)
I guess this was when I had a errm 20mb drive in my 8088 aged 19 or so. there was a drive doubler , forgot the name of it now..
Looks like a power supply and multi channel oscilliscope input / impedence matching probe box...
one of them old 'custom connector' jobbies that locked your test equipment into a specific manufacturer when you could easily knock something up for 1/100th of the price
tthe big black things' probably just a potted filter circuit with a few capacitors / resistors, etc
it'll probably be 2 channels and X sync for the 3 BNC inpouts
It's cheaper to make a new one. The board and components cost about $10...that would be lost on the RA shipping back and forth and labor used to repair it.
It's cheaper to make a new one. The board and components cost about $10...that would be lost on the RA shipping back and forth and labor used to repair it.
Aye, cheaper to send it to China so they can chuck it in a fire to burn off all the toxic plastic and harvest the metals ;)
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It's the flux capacitor.
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it's got BNC connetors which were used a lot in network stuff and video related stuff.. the other connector hhmm maybe out of terminal.. open the box, the pcb will give you clues I bet.
Hang on - which cable goes where? I was assuming the thick one in the back is a power supply, but is that that cable with the boxy multi-pin connector? And the other BNC lead goes nowhere? In which case there's no obvious power in?
Maybe it's a modulator to turn some sort of complex monitor input into video out?
But a cal sticker? And no obvious in/out markings? No idea. As fog says, crack it open.
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I reckon he's found a crashed UFO somewhere near his house...
Ground bond tester perhaps? I only say that because have one one here and it looks similar..cept no weird connector.
Maybe it's a de-modulator - a tuning circuit controlled by whatever that big connector is? Takes RF in and puts the extracted signal(s) out the back? Controlled by some sort of digital interface, hence all the pins?
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Green led or bulb on the right front.
Is the switch on the left and instant off/on switch or does it toggle.
If its on/off instantly that would kind of go with test equipment too, with the green (good) led/light lighting up for a good test, that's how our ground bond tester works. Possibly a specialized piece of test equipment for whatever the special plug was for?
Open it up and take a photo of the board.
I remember seeing a 120mb quantum drive at a friends work place. it was the size of a breeze block :lol: they used it as a door wedge in their computer graveyeard.
Check out this one that has been sitting in my desk since before I worked here...
Label says:
Seagate ST-251-1 H/D 0.28MB :lol: (surely the transfer rate?)
EDIT: Actually I think it says 28MS labels really faded. Googling suggests is 40-50mb.
+1 for this
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Surprising that nobody has done a similar thread already.. ;)
cor, that's tiny!
I have a couple of full height ones downstairs :)
EDIT: like this
I do remember fitting a 40gb scsi drive in a mac 12 years ago, and the drive cost about 1-2k , as it was 10,000 rpm or was for AV. it was a hassle to actually find the space in the g4 to fit it :)
I guess this was when I had a errm 20mb drive in my 8088 aged 19 or so. there was a drive doubler , forgot the name of it now..
Case open, doesnt give too much away as everythings encased in a solid block thats affixed to the bottom part of the case
Keep digging!
one of them old 'custom connector' jobbies that locked your test equipment into a specific manufacturer when you could easily knock something up for 1/100th of the price
tthe big black things' probably just a potted filter circuit with a few capacitors / resistors, etc
it'll probably be 2 channels and X sync for the 3 BNC inpouts
And warranty repairs impossible :smile:
It's cheaper to make a new one. The board and components cost about $10...that would be lost on the RA shipping back and forth and labor used to repair it.
Aye, cheaper to send it to China so they can chuck it in a fire to burn off all the toxic plastic and harvest the metals ;)
Taiwan actually ;)
well Taiwan is China ;)