I found this in a box of computer parts someone gave me. The card has an IDE
riser on it, and a 6" 40-wire IDE cable was connected to it. The connectors
are 15-pin VGA type. Are the VGA connectors used just for the convenience of
using easily obtained cables, or is this thing really for video? It doesn't
seem very likely to me. Embossed next to the VGA connectors is 'CH 1-8' and
'CH 9-16'. Ever see anything like it? If so, what is it used for?

Link to photo:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joearno...64788/sizes/l/

TIA
Joe Arnold

On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 21:46:04 -0500, "JawBone"
wrote:

I found this in a box of computer parts someone gave me. The card has an IDE
riser on it, and a 6" 40-wire IDE cable was connected to it. The connectors
are 15-pin VGA type. Are the VGA connectors used just for the convenience of
using easily obtained cables, or is this thing really for video? It doesn't
seem very likely to me. Embossed next to the VGA connectors is 'CH 1-8' and
'CH 9-16'. Ever see anything like it? If so, what is it used for?

Link to photo:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joearno...64788/sizes/l/

TIA
Joe Arnold


Possibly multi-comm port, or multi-audio port interface, you have one
of (probably) two cards plus a third external device. The 40 wire DIP
cable certainly isn't IDE, and the 9-pin D-Subs are not VGA/Video.

Were I to guess this is part of a custom telephone interface, where
the computer interfaces with a box that attaches the system to the
local phones and the CO lines.

"PeterD" wrote in message
...

Possibly multi-comm port, or multi-audio port interface, you have one
of (probably) two cards plus a third external device. The 40 wire DIP
cable certainly isn't IDE, and the 9-pin D-Subs are not VGA/Video.

The D-Subs are 15-pin, which is why I Questioned it's possible video use.

Were I to guess this is part of a custom telephone interface, where
the computer interfaces with a box that attaches the system to the
local phones and the CO lines.

"preciate your response.
Thanks

On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 15:04:38 -0500, "JawBone"
wrote:


"PeterD" wrote in message
.. .

Possibly multi-comm port, or multi-audio port interface, you have one
of (probably) two cards plus a third external device. The 40 wire DIP
cable certainly isn't IDE, and the 9-pin D-Subs are not VGA/Video.

The D-Subs are 15-pin, which is why I Questioned it's possible video use.

Sorry, I mis-typed (fingers too fast?) The reason for that statement
of mine is that I have a box full of 15 pin D-Subs that are for custom
audio boards. I have no idea what they were for or what they did, but
the ones I have the D-Sub is then split off to a bunch of RCA audio
connectors. Entirely possible they plugged into what you have!


Were I to guess this is part of a custom telephone interface, where
the computer interfaces with a box that attaches the system to the
local phones and the CO lines.

"preciate your response.
Thanks

"PeterD" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 15:04:38 -0500, "JawBone"
wrote:


"PeterD" wrote in message
. ..

Possibly multi-comm port, or multi-audio port interface, you have one
of (probably) two cards plus a third external device. The 40 wire DIP
cable certainly isn't IDE, and the 9-pin D-Subs are not VGA/Video.

The D-Subs are 15-pin, which is why I Questioned it's possible video use.

Sorry, I mis-typed (fingers too fast?) The reason for that statement
of mine is that I have a box full of 15 pin D-Subs that are for custom
audio boards. I have no idea what they were for or what they did, but
the ones I have the D-Sub is then split off to a bunch of RCA audio
connectors. Entirely possible they plugged into what you have!

That probably goes back to my supposition in my OP that the D-Subs are used
for the convenience of easily found cables, one end of which is modded to a
custom configuration. The 'CH 1-8' and 'CH 9-16' ports could very well be
divided into audio channels; up to 7 channels each.
Joe