November 24, 200817 yr Hey all,I was recently given this thing by a friend who works as an electrician, he said it was a motherboard, but when i opened the box i wasn't really sure what to think of it.here's a picture, maybe someone can tell me what i can do with it:http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g142/bon...ne/IMG_0443.jpgi've never seen anything like it before, it has nothing on it that i can use to identify it with.right now i have it in an anti-static bag, in a padded shipping box...but it's pretty big, and if i can sell it, i'd like to...i'm running out of space.thanks,bonestonne
November 24, 200817 yr I've seen a lot of different boards that looked somewhat like this (none of it was a x86 architecture motherboard like you seem to expect). But the best way to tell for sure, is you to find any kind of information on the board itself (like a model number on the silkscreen or such). Can't really say at that size and somewhat blurred. If I had to make a wild guess, I'd say it looks like a board from a DAQ system. Edited November 24, 200817 yr by crahak
November 24, 200817 yr Daughter I/O board of a PLC, I thought you would know more about it than me, it sure looks North American and I know more about the European market and that was 12 years ago (although this board looks from that time stamp ).
November 24, 200817 yr Daughter I/O board of a PLCCould be, but most PLCs I've worked with didn't quite have that format (and for the most part didn't use cards). Then again, PLCs vary quite a bit from a company to another. Trying to make an educated guess, but a guess nonetheless... Yours is as good as mine!I thought you would know more about it than meNah. There's really only one thing I'm good at: telling a good cup of coffee when I see one Edited November 24, 200817 yr by crahak
November 24, 200817 yr Author http://www.kwikpiks.com/files/84/IMG_0465.jpgmaybe that will work? there's not much to get in the picture other than what's printed on the PCB
November 24, 200817 yr Some kind of multi port card obviously. The most interesting/helpful part would be that label, right by the one with the serial number at the top right of the pic.
November 24, 200817 yr I remember taking something out of a Server that looked like that I while ago at school. But I do remember it as a daughter board.
November 24, 200817 yr Actually, it's a 16 port telecom daughter board. It's used to feed telephone sets...You'll recognize this as having the same plug configuration : http://www.teletronics-photography.com/Mer...ategory_Code=C2Knowing for which exact system the card is designed for would take further inspection of labels or markings on the card. Edited November 24, 200817 yr by jcarle
November 24, 200817 yr I remember taking something out of a Server that looked like that I while ago at school. But I do remember it as a daughter board.Strange server -- that's not an ISA slot, nor an EISA slot, nor a VLB slot, nor a MCA slot, nor a PCI slot, nor a PCI-X slot, nor a PCI-e slot. Also, when you get into equipment connected like this (on a backplane) the motherboard usually "plugs in" just like all daughterboards.Actually, it's a 16 port telecom daughter board. It's used to feed telephone sets...That's probably it. Doesn't look like anything used in Meridian-1 switches though (that'd be the PBX'es I've played the most with), nor the other few kinds I've seen (smaller models and leased units).
November 24, 200817 yr Actually, that card *does* look like it came out of a ComDial PBX or phone switch - I've only seen the innards of a few of those (spent most of my time on Nortel and Avaya units), but those are *exactly* what they look like if my memory hasn't faded too far in the last few years. Some of the older 3Com units had similar-looking cards, but they were a little more plug and play than the ComDial units, so it may not be a 3Com.
November 24, 200817 yr Actually, it's a 16 port telecom daughter board. It's used to feed telephone sets...Actually, that card *does* look like it came out of a ComDial PBX or phone switch...Crap, who could have thought about telephony, nice find guys.
November 25, 200817 yr Actually, it's a 16 port telecom daughter board. It's used to feed telephone sets...You'll recognize this as having the same plug configuration : http://www.teletronics-photography.com/Mer...ategory_Code=C2Knowing for which exact system the card is designed for would take further inspection of labels or markings on the card.Wow. That's expensive!
November 25, 200817 yr Actually, it's a 16 port telecom daughter board. It's used to feed telephone sets...You'll recognize this as having the same plug configuration : http://www.teletronics-photography.com/Mer...ategory_Code=C2Knowing for which exact system the card is designed for would take further inspection of labels or markings on the card.Wow. That's expensive!Thats what I was going to say...put it up on ebay you can sell it cheap, maybe like 500 or so
November 25, 200817 yr Actually, it's a 16 port telecom daughter board. It's used to feed telephone sets...You'll recognize this as having the same plug configuration : http://www.teletronics-photography.com/Mer...ategory_Code=C2Knowing for which exact system the card is designed for would take further inspection of labels or markings on the card.Wow. That's expensive!Thats what I was going to say...put it up on ebay you can sell it cheap, maybe like 500 or so$500 Dollars? Really?
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