mysterious card

mysterious card

[Heusden, Folkert van]

Hi,

I have this mysterious 8 bit ISA card with nothing more then 2 smb-mounted
ic's
and a button. It seems to be something that should force a system memory
dump.
I think I can handle the code-writing, but since there's no documentation I
have
to find out how things are working.
Ok, the question is: does anyone know a place on the web where I can find
specifications of ISA-slots? I need to know what is supposed to be connected
to
the pins (1, 2, 6, etc.)

Re: mysterious card

[Markus Gaugusch]

> Ok, the question is: does anyone know a place on the web where I can find
> specifications of ISA-slots? I need to know what is supposed to be connected
> to
> the pins (1, 2, 6, etc.)
try the hardware book (hwb)
http://www.ntua.gr/electronics/hwb/menu_Connector.html

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Re: mysterious card

[Alan Olsen]

On Wed, 21 Mar 2001, Heusden, Folkert van wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I have this mysterious 8 bit ISA card with nothing more then 2 smb-mounted
> ic's
> and a button. It seems to be something that should force a system memory
> dump.
> I think I can handle the code-writing, but since there's no documentation I
> have
> to find out how things are working.
> Ok, the question is: does anyone know a place on the web where I can find
> specifications of ISA-slots? I need to know what is supposed to be connected
> to
> the pins (1, 2, 6, etc.)

It is supposed to do that!

That sounds like the card that came with an old DOS debugger.

The old 8088 PCs did not have a reset switch. This was so you could do
hardware breaks when the whole system was locked up.

I have one of those lying around somewhere...

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Re: mysterious card

[David Weinehall]

On Wed, Mar 21, 2001 at 03:44:15PM +0100, Markus Gaugusch wrote:
> > Ok, the question is: does anyone know a place on the web where I can find
> > specifications of ISA-slots? I need to know what is supposed to be connected
> > to
> > the pins (1, 2, 6, etc.)
> try the hardware book (hwb)
> http://www.ntua.gr/electronics/hwb/menu_Connector.html

Or use the official HWB-homepage:

http://www.hardwarebook.net/

(Which, I might add, is a machine here at the University of Umea, Sweden.)


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Re: mysterious card

[Dr. Kelsey Hudson]

On Wed, 21 Mar 2001, Heusden, Folkert van wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have this mysterious 8 bit ISA card with nothing more then 2 smb-mounted
> ic's
> and a button. It seems to be something that should force a system memory
> dump.
> I think I can handle the code-writing, but since there's no documentation I
> have
> to find out how things are working.
> Ok, the question is: does anyone know a place on the web where I can find
> specifications of ISA-slots? I need to know what is supposed to be connected
> to
> the pins (1, 2, 6, etc.)

http://www.hardwarebook.net/co_ISA.html
has the information you want...

V/R
-kelsey

RE: mysterious card

[Heusden, Folkert van]

> Ok, the question is: does anyone know a place on the web where I can find
> specifications of ISA-slots? I need to know what is supposed to be
connected
> to
> the pins (1, 2, 6, etc.)
AO> It is supposed to do that!

Yes, I guess so!

AO> That sounds like the card that came with an old DOS debugger.

Not really. I found it in some high-end UNIX server (non-Linux).

AO> The old 8088 PCs did not have a reset switch. This was so you could do
AO> hardware breaks when the whole system was locked up.

This one triggers the I/O Channel Check pin (pin 1 (at the frame), component
side).