Strange apple chip

sammyc · Joined: 09 Dec 2005 Posts: 1668 Location: Scottish Borders

Anybody able to shed some light as to what this little baby is:

CPUShack · Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2005 1:12 pm Post subject:

Not sure, but I am betting it is made by LSI Logic

wepwawet · Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2005 12:47 pm Post subject:

My guess too, looks similar to those used in early SUN systems - and there they were cache chips.

gshv · Joined: 01 Feb 2003 Posts: 7898 Location: Fairfax, VA USA

This chip was used in Macintosh II video card, so I guess it's some kind of CRT controller or something related to video.

Genandiy

wepwawet · Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2005 4:58 pm Post subject:

You're right,

I mixed it up - Sparc IPX workstations contained three socketed PGAs, CPU, Cache and Video Processor, normally the Cache was a LSI and the Video was a SUN GX but the LSI chips with L1A prefix were Video Processors, also used on SBus cards.

CPUShack · Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2005 5:37 pm Post subject:

l1A prefix is pretty generic. Pretty much means in ASIC from LSI.

sammyc · Joined: 09 Dec 2005 Posts: 1668 Location: Scottish Borders

Anyone want it? I don't

wepwawet · Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 3:27 am Post subject:

keep it safe in a deep hidden corner.

noone knows what's valuable in 20 years...

sammyc · Joined: 09 Dec 2005 Posts: 1668 Location: Scottish Borders

Do you know how much junk I'd have if I kept everything that I had that was worthless... just to see if it *maybe* went up in value in 20 years
Laughing

wepwawet · Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 9:06 am Post subject:

okokokok:-)
then sell that junk on ebay.
Don't you know ebay is the worlds largest and most expensive junkyard?!?

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