Subject: Re: Please Help Identify This Card Time! Message-ID: <37B09B20.D104FC71@swbell.net> From: Rubywand Reply-To: rubywand@swbell.net X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.6 [en] (Win95; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 References: <090819992120004987%news001@macgeek.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 34 Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 16:35:28 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 207.193.16.90 X-Complaints-To: abuse@swbell.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 14:34:39 PDT Organization: SBC Internet Services Alan Tuttle writes ... > > Okay, everyone! I have another Apple II card I haven't the foggiest > idea what it is and what it does! > > http://www.macgeek.org/identify/unknown00.jpg > http://www.macgeek.org/identify/unknown01.jpg > > A couple of things about this card... I bought a Platinum Apple IIe, > and this card was in it. The computer was previously used in an > educational institution. It has a DB-9 female port, and three ICs > marked 74LS244N, 74LS155AN, and SN74LS27N. On the chip side, it has the > company name "Advanced Business Technology, Inc.". On the backside of > the card, it has the number 1006D, and the text "TELTEC 01V 1587". > > Any idea what it is? Please let me know! Thanks! :) Good pics. It's nearly possible to diagram the circuit. Whatever it is, the card sends out +5V and GND which could be used to power a connected device. There is one signal line (Green wire) which seems to go to an Input, Output or both on the 74LS244. (For example one Input would be pin 13; an Output would be pin 14.) The card could let you turn something ON/OFF or run something like a slide projector. If the signal line goes to an input, it could let you monitor anything from a pushbutton to a tape output or digital output of some instrument. Since there is enough circuitry for one line of serial I/O, a 'smart' connected device could do all sorts of things. Rubywand