Subject: Re: Some Q-bus Cards Rescued from oblivion?
To: Douglas Meade <inforum@umd5.umd.edu>
From: :) <shsrms@bellatlantic.net>
List: port-vax
Date: 01/11/2000 16:53:13
ACP 5000 is an ACC comms processor.
I don't recall the exact config of that model, what chips are on it??
bob


Douglas Meade wrote:
> 
> I went this week shopping at one of my favorite junkyards, and they
> had done a little exterior decorating -- moved some pallets from one end
> of the yard to the other.  Prowling around, I found myself looking down at
> a mass of wet newspaper and cardboard, but with the telltale sign of
> a Q-bus adaptor handle jutting out.  I carefully picked up the mass,
> looked at it long enough to verify it was interesting, and bought
> it at a good price.
> 
> A general question:  After this much exposure to weather, especially
> (freezing while wet), can these cards be expected to work?  Also, on
> the backs of some cards, there is a little rust, which might be expected
> to short out some connections.  What would be a good substance to
> use to try to remove this, while still not risking damage to the
> card?
> 
> Now, for some identification questions:  Most of the cards were
> pretty common (M7606, M7609, M9047, M7614, M7615, M7546, M7555),
> but a few others have me stumped.
> 
> M9404 - Listed in field guide as 1st Qbus cable connecor
> M9405 - Listed as 2nd Qbus cable connector
> M7552 - I've no idea what this is, but was told it might be a CD
>   controller.
> 
> Also, in a BA23 cabinet I picked up, I found a
> 
> M7740 - Listed as a Q-22 bus to LESI bus adaptor, used on disks with
>   MSCP RC25 controller.  Also called KLESI-QA.  It connects to a plug
>   on the patch panel with three rows of holes, 50 in total, that looks
>   like the plug on the bottom of some of those VS2000's that have the
>   connector for the external disk and tape drive.  What kind of disks
>   can be attached to it?
> 
> and a
> 
> ACC ACP 5000, made by Advanced Computer Communications.  I gather this
>   is some kind of serial port, but what does it plug in to?