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| Mystery PCI card in a PM7500 | |
| Posted by: Jagmn on 2022-07-04 12:33:39 Does anyone have any idea what this might be?    Looks like a DB62 and has a PCI Vendor of $1203, Device: $1. The Vendor ID maps to "Bayer Corporation, Agfa Division" in online databases… The machine it came in also had an ethernet PCI card, but no hard drive (so no clue from potential drivers etc). Thanks. | |
| Posted by: cheesestraws on 2022-07-04 12:41:08 I've seen that connector and similar arrangements of FPGAs on cards designed to drive typesetters, but whether that's what you've got there I'm not sure... | |
Posted by: Unknown_K on 2022-07-04 12:48:31AGFA APIS PAC INTERFACE 209733-952C | |
| Posted by: Byrd on 2022-07-04 17:05:40 Whatever it is, it was once highly expensive and now utterly useless unless you have the massive scanner/typesetter, drivers and software that it probably controlled. | |
| Posted by: at0z on 2022-07-04 17:11:56 back in the day I used to install Macs with cards for RIP to imagesetter like this…  | |
| Posted by: MOS8_030 on 2022-07-04 17:38:49 Looks like it drove an Agfa image setter. Just casually googling around, seems like there might still be a (small) market for these. You should a bit more research before you declare it worthless. | |
| Posted by: Jagmn on 2022-07-04 21:19:45 Thanks everyone! I had googled the PCB numbers but didn't come up with any obvious hits. I'll do the research 👍 | |
| Posted by: cheesestraws on 2022-07-05 03:49:12 Yeah. That card is unlikely to be of much use to you as a card, but with a bit of care you might find a buyer who really needs spares for some ghastly legacy reason they're not able to shake. | |
| Posted by: Skate323k137 on 2022-07-05 09:55:20 I thought the picture of the connector was @Danamania trolling us at first 😵 | |
| Posted by: dcr on 2022-07-05 10:16:49 Definitely hold on to it until you find the right buyer. There are businesses out there that keep older equipment running because, as long as you can find the parts you need, it's often less expensive than buying something new, especially when older stuff might keep running for years and years and years whereas newer stuff is often much done for after a few years. | |
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