Mystery PCI card in a PM7500

[Jagmn]

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.

 

[cheesestraws]

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...

 

[Unknown_K]

AGFA APIS PAC INTERFACE 209733-952C​

 

[Byrd]

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.

 

[at0z]

back in the day I used to install Macs with cards for RIP to imagesetter like this…

 

[MOS8_030]

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.

 

[Jagmn]

Thanks everyone! I had googled the PCB numbers but didn't come up with any obvious hits. I'll do the research

 

[cheesestraws]

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.

 

[Skate323k137]

I thought the picture of the connector was @Danamania trolling us at first

 

[dcr]

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.