oh, but it's just a SCSI card with onboard cache SIMMs and an activity LED, you say.
does this look like a SCSI connector to you? it's got 78 pins.
these aren't RAM chips on the SIMMs.
and these aren't chips you'd find in any SCSI card. these are dual UART chips. yes, this board has eight serial ports.
they're not RS232, they're RS485. it uses differential signaling so it can be transmitted over longer distances, and it's multi-drop so multiple devices can share the same wires.
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i printed a new panel insert that has two BNC sockets on it (the original probes would have had captive cables)
the tricky part is that this oscilloscope has a 333K ohm input impedance instead of 1M like umm every other scope on the planet. fortunately someone designed a little conversion circuit...
in honor of Sim Wong Hoo, here's a quick historical review of the Sound Blaster! ๐งต
but first we have to go back to their first sound card, the Creative Music System from 1987. (image credit: Bratgoul on Wikipedia)
this card has some special "CMS-301" chips. if you peel back the sticker, they have had their top marks removed. they're actually SAA1099 synthesizer chips made by Philips. Creative wrote music composition software for musicians on the PC.