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SlowMac New Member USA 70 Posts	Posted - 14 Apr 2003 : 00:01:12 I've come across a MagicView 200 made by Simons. This thing it a medical imaging computer? Anyway I have no idea what this thing can do or if it works or not. It has a fiber network card as well as two video cards. The cards are not PCI. I know there are a lot of people on this board into electronics and hardware hacking. Any Ideas what this could be used for? Anyone interested in this thing? I took the two IDE hard drives out of it but other then that it's complete. I'm probably going to end up trashing the thing. So if anyone wants it I'll send it to you for the cost of shipping. SM I like it slow
cory5412 68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms USA 4679 Posts	Posted - 14 Apr 2003 : 06:11:10 GLAYVEN did you turn it on with the HDDs in it? I bet it's some ÜberCOOL computer of sorts... maybe there's a camera inside there Official 68k videographer Official MLA TourGuide
G4from128k Full Member USA 873 Posts	Posted - 14 Apr 2003 : 06:14:12 Looks like a radiologist's workstation. Info on the follow-on version, the MagicView 300, is at: http://www.siemens.co.uk/med/shs/solutions/MagicView300_Data_VA30_eng.pdf Interesting find! G4From128k by Day: Mild-Mannered Engineer and Trapeze(tm) Artist by Night: Colonel of Truth, Justice, and the Macintosh Way Reserve Officer in 68kMLA Cantankerous Coot Contingent
cory5412 68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms USA 4679 Posts	Posted - 14 Apr 2003 : 06:30:41 from that information on the MV-300... it looks like you might have a full functioning PC there? or is that just pc hardware? Also, those hard drives might have some good stuff on them! don't format 'em Official 68k videographer Official MLA TourGuide
SlowMac New Member USA 70 Posts	Posted - 14 Apr 2003 : 13:59:42 I have already wiped the hard drives. They where in some kind of weard format and I needed the drives at the time so I couldn't spend time messing with them. Before I pulled the drives I did boot it up and nothing came up on the screen on ether video card. I have looked at that simmons site before, it doesn't tell you to much. I'll take some blury images of it with my quicktake 200 and put them up on my site so you can see them. I'll repost when there ready. SM I like it slow
The Lightning Stalker Full Member USA 747 Posts	Posted - 14 Apr 2003 : 15:40:54 That might not be a fiberoptic network card. It might be -gasp- a fiberoptic camera or something Just a thought. The Lightning Stalker Performa 631CD, 7.5.5 LC III, FPU, 20/80/enet, 7.5.5, Mail Server 6400/180 40/1.6G/512k L2/enet/video-in/TV 7600/120 '604/233, 80/1.2G & 1G/512k L2, 9.2.2 (Main Mac) Lady Smith Apples: Apple IIc 5.25" 2 Apple IIe
SlowMac New Member USA 70 Posts	Posted - 14 Apr 2003 : 18:06:52 First off it is a fiberoptic network card. If anyone can ID this RAM for me that would be great. My website ia at 65.165.157.164 Thanks for any info you can give. If anyone can make use of this thing let me know. SM I like it slow
Da Penguin Senior Member USA 1094 Posts	Posted - 14 Apr 2003 : 18:33:15 That looks like 72 pin ram to me, I think. I would be happy to take the machien off ur hands for shipping if you are just gonna trash it. It has sun chips in it, might be able to run solaris. I'll keep lookin over the pics and see what i can think of. ~The Penguin \| Want free 68kmla email? Drop me a line \| \| Captain, Intelligence Operations / Space Cowboy \| \| 68khotline.no-ip.org <-- Official Hotline Server \|
The Lightning Stalker Full Member USA 747 Posts	Posted - 14 Apr 2003 : 18:45:21 A google search on the processor revealed that it's a MicroSPARC II 85 Mhz thereabouts. I have no experience with SPARCstations, so I'm not of much help here, but you might be able to install Solaris or something on there as long as they kept with the SPARCstation 4 or 5 hardware. The thing with that medical equptment is that you never know what kind of exotic proprietary hardware configurations you might run into. Hospitals pay premium prices for all of that, so you can expect to find extremely custom implementations of otherwise standard looking hardware. On the RAM: I'm not sure because I couldn't see the whole SIMM or DIMM in the picutre, but it's probably just your standard run-of-the-mill SIMM or DIMM. You never know with that medical equiptment, though. Just plug it into some musty old PC and see if it works and what it reports it as.
SlowMac New Member USA 70 Posts	Posted - 14 Apr 2003 : 19:03:44 Sorry about that. It's a 72 pin memory. It's yours if you want it just realize that it's a very heavy solid case. I'll weigh it for you. Post your zip code and I can tell you how much shipping will be. I live in NC so the closer you are the cheeper it will be. The only thing else I ask is that you let me know what you ended up getting it to do. I like it slow
cory5412 68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms USA 4679 Posts	Posted - 14 Apr 2003 : 20:40:34 OMG! Keep us all posted (if you can get it) what you get it to do... I've always wanted to run Solaris.. and the faster their machines go today anyway are less than a GHz (the fastest) so it's like Apple... old and still useful! If you get something [cool looking?] like that running a :great: os like solaris Official 68k videographer Official MLA TourGuide
Da Penguin Senior Member USA 1094 Posts	Posted - 15 Apr 2003 : 04:08:31 I am up in Pittsburgh, 15139, so shipping will still be on the same side of the country atleast. Thankums a bunch! Sadly, all the MV-300 docu seems to point that that version used a P3, so hardware info isn't getting much answers there. ~The Penguin \| Want free 68kmla email? Drop me a line \| \| Captain, Intelligence Operations / Space Cowboy \| \| 68khotline.no-ip.org <-- Official Hotline Server \|
maclover5 LC Doctor/Hot Rodder Australia 5830 Posts	Posted - 15 Apr 2003 : 04:15:44 Yeah. A machine with chips dated 1991/1992 and 72 pin SIMMs would probably be a 3/486. -------------------------- Give your dreams a chance.™ - Apple in the mid '90s Warrior maclover5 68k Macintosh Liberation Army Number of 68ks Liberated: 7 Number of Contraband (PPC) Liberated from the Dumpster: 1
cory5412 68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms USA 4679 Posts	Posted - 15 Apr 2003 : 06:24:07 But they said it has sun chips in it.... specifically... a SPARC processor... (the one used in Sun workstations) Official 68k videographer Official MLA TourGuide
maclover5 LC Doctor/Hot Rodder Australia 5830 Posts	Posted - 15 Apr 2003 : 06:34:31 Good point. Well, i'm going to try and go to sleep again. Night. -------------------------- Give your dreams a chance.™ - Apple in the mid '90s Warrior maclover5 68k Macintosh Liberation Army Number of 68ks Liberated: 7 Number of Contraband (PPC) Liberated from the Dumpster: 1
SlowMac New Member USA 70 Posts	Posted - 15 Apr 2003 : 16:34:31 Sorry guys my ip changed. You can get to my server at this address. http://www.slowmac.no-ip.com I like it slow
SlowMac New Member USA 70 Posts	Posted - 15 Apr 2003 : 18:54:59 Da Penguin This thing weighs about 25Lb shipping will cost $15. If you want it please contact me. traviskrall@yadtel.net I like it slow
cory5412 68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms USA 4679 Posts	Posted - 15 Apr 2003 : 20:12:26 I'm looking at the pictures now If it looks cool... I'll post my official decision... Official 68k videographer Official MLA TourGuide

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