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fogfog
By fogfog
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So I got this pretty old looking mystery pc card with a connector that looks BA.

I have no clue what this would be used for.... 

It seems to me it should be some server gear, or at least not consumer grade.

The connector that looks like a PCI is actually too long for such slot. It's about 13 cm (a bit over 5 inches) long end to end.

 

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Looks like it could be an old Centronics parallel 36 pin- they were used for connecting printers to PCs before USB I believe. 

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1 hour ago, Chronos5618 said:

Looks like it could be an old Centronics parallel 36 pin- they were used for connecting printers to PCs before USB I believe. 

Yep definitely a parallel card that fits a ISA (pre-PCI) slot.  It's consumer grade from the 1980's.

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Is it just me or does it look like it has an IDE port on the top?

But yeah, that would still be a consumer card just looking at the components. 

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59 minutes ago, FAQBytes said:

Is it just me or does it look like it has an IDE port on the top?

But yeah, that would still be a consumer card just looking at the components. 

Actually you're right, it's a SCSI controller card with a external parallel port.

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2 hours ago, johnny5c said:

Actually you're right, it's a SCSI controller card with a external parallel port.

 

11 hours ago, fogfog said:

So I got this pretty old looking mystery pc card with a connector that looks BA.

I have no clue what this would be used for.... 

It seems to me it should be some server gear, or at least not consumer grade.

The connector that looks like a PCI is actually too long for such slot. It's about 13 cm (a bit over 5 inches) long end to end.

AHA!!! Eureka!

http://www.zdtronic.com/CONTROLLER-CARDS/ADAPTEC-CARDS/ADAPTEC-AHA-1542B-16BIT-ISA-SCSI-CONTROLLER-CARD--AHA1542B-.html

(Only took like 3 minutes and some Google search magic. #ThanksDebate)

 

Also, looking at higher res images I think I'm wrong, this does look server grade as that isn't the brand of capacitor I thought it was.

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Thanks guys!

Seems that SCSI is pretty outdated now I guess. 

Keeping the card though, goes in the box with the others. (One of those others is a Geforce 6700 XL :o)

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