[bonestonne]

Hey all,

I was recently given this thing by a friend who works as an electrician, he said it was a motherboard, but when i opened the box i wasn't really sure what to think of it.

here's a picture, maybe someone can tell me what i can do with it:

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g142/bon...ne/IMG_0443.jpg

i've never seen anything like it before, it has nothing on it that i can use to identify it with.

right now i have it in an anti-static bag, in a padded shipping box...but it's pretty big, and if i can sell it, i'd like to...i'm running out of space.

thanks,
bonestonne

[CoffeeFiend]

I've seen a lot of different boards that looked somewhat like this (none of it was a x86 architecture motherboard like you seem to expect). But the best way to tell for sure, is you to find any kind of information on the board itself (like a model number on the silkscreen or such). Can't really say at that size and somewhat blurred. If I had to make a wild guess, I'd say it looks like a board from a DAQ system.

This post has been edited by crahak: 23 November 2008 - 08:14 PM

[puntoMX]

Daughter I/O board of a PLC, I thought you would know more about it than me, it sure looks North American and I know more about the European market and that was 12 years ago (although this board looks from that time stamp ).

[CoffeeFiend]

puntoMX, on Nov 23 2008, 09:10 PM, said:

Daughter I/O board of a PLC

Could be, but most PLCs I've worked with didn't quite have that format (and for the most part didn't use cards). Then again, PLCs vary quite a bit from a company to another.

Trying to make an educated guess, but a guess nonetheless... Yours is as good as mine!

puntoMX, on Nov 23 2008, 09:10 PM, said:

I thought you would know more about it than me

Nah. There's really only one thing I'm good at: telling a good cup of coffee when I see one

This post has been edited by crahak: 23 November 2008 - 08:35 PM

[bonestonne]

http://www.kwikpiks....84/IMG_0465.jpg

maybe that will work? there's not much to get in the picture other than what's printed on the PCB

[CoffeeFiend]

Some kind of multi port card obviously. The most interesting/helpful part would be that label, right by the one with the serial number at the top right of the pic.

[Nerwin]

I remember taking something out of a Server that looked like that I while ago at school. But I do remember it as a daughter board.

[jcarle]

Actually, it's a 16 port telecom daughter board. It's used to feed telephone sets...

You'll recognize this as having the same plug configuration : http://www.teletronics-photography.com/Mer...ategory_Code=C2

Knowing for which exact system the card is designed for would take further inspection of labels or markings on the card.

This post has been edited by jcarle: 23 November 2008 - 10:36 PM

[CoffeeFiend]

Nerwin, on Nov 23 2008, 10:25 PM, said:

I remember taking something out of a Server that looked like that I while ago at school. But I do remember it as a daughter board.

Strange server -- that's not an ISA slot, nor an EISA slot, nor a VLB slot, nor a MCA slot, nor a PCI slot, nor a PCI-X slot, nor a PCI-e slot. Also, when you get into equipment connected like this (on a backplane) the motherboard usually "plugs in" just like all daughterboards.

jcarle, on Nov 23 2008, 11:35 PM, said:

Actually, it's a 16 port telecom daughter board. It's used to feed telephone sets...

That's probably it. Doesn't look like anything used in Meridian-1 switches though (that'd be the PBX'es I've played the most with), nor the other few kinds I've seen (smaller models and leased units).

[cluberti]

Actually, that card *does* look like it came out of a ComDial PBX or phone switch - I've only seen the innards of a few of those (spent most of my time on Nortel and Avaya units), but those are *exactly* what they look like if my memory hasn't faded too far in the last few years. Some of the older 3Com units had similar-looking cards, but they were a little more plug and play than the ComDial units, so it may not be a 3Com.

[puntoMX]

jcarle, on Nov 23 2008, 10:35 PM, said:

Actually, it's a 16 port telecom daughter board. It's used to feed telephone sets...

cluberti, on Nov 23 2008, 11:07 PM, said:

Actually, that card *does* look like it came out of a ComDial PBX or phone switch...

Crap, who could have thought about telephony, nice find guys.

[weEvil]

jcarle, on Nov 23 2008, 11:35 PM, said:

Actually, it's a 16 port telecom daughter board. It's used to feed telephone sets...

You'll recognize this as having the same plug configuration : http://www.teletronics-photography.com/Mer...ategory_Code=C2

Knowing for which exact system the card is designed for would take further inspection of labels or markings on the card.

Wow. That's expensive!

[ricktendo64]

brucevangeorge, on Nov 24 2008, 10:52 PM, said:

jcarle, on Nov 23 2008, 11:35 PM, said:

Actually, it's a 16 port telecom daughter board. It's used to feed telephone sets...

You'll recognize this as having the same plug configuration : http://www.teletronics-photography.com/Mer...ategory_Code=C2

Knowing for which exact system the card is designed for would take further inspection of labels or markings on the card.

Wow. That's expensive!

Thats what I was going to say...put it up on ebay you can sell it cheap, maybe like 500 or so

[Nerwin]

ricktendo64, on Nov 25 2008, 12:26 AM, said:

brucevangeorge, on Nov 24 2008, 10:52 PM, said:

jcarle, on Nov 23 2008, 11:35 PM, said:

Actually, it's a 16 port telecom daughter board. It's used to feed telephone sets...

You'll recognize this as having the same plug configuration : http://www.teletronics-photography.com/Mer...ategory_Code=C2

Knowing for which exact system the card is designed for would take further inspection of labels or markings on the card.

Wow. That's expensive!

Thats what I was going to say...put it up on ebay you can sell it cheap, maybe like 500 or so

$500 Dollars? Really?

[jcarle]

Nerwin, on Nov 25 2008, 12:23 AM, said:

$500 Dollars? Really?

Possibly if you can figure out exactly what it is first.

[CoffeeFiend]

jcarle, on Nov 25 2008, 01:31 AM, said:

Nerwin, on Nov 25 2008, 12:23 AM, said:

$500 Dollars? Really?

Possibly if you can figure out exactly what it is first.

Even then, selling price isn't so much the issue, as waiting for someone who needs that specific part. Those things aren't exactly in high demand, doubly so now with everybody moving to voip.

There's really only 8 of the 16 ports on the card, and nowadays a 8 port FXS card (for asterisk/trixbox/whatever) can be had for under $300.

This post has been edited by crahak: 25 November 2008 - 12:56 AM

[bonestonne]

wow...kind of out of the loop past couple days (problems with the lady-friend)...

well, there's really nothing else i can do with it, i'll probably list in on ebay for a while...it's all packaged in a box and all. it just doesn't have the ring generators on it, so i guess i couldn't really get more than $200 for it...

suggestions are very welcome...and thanks all for solving the mystery!

if nothing else i'll have to see what anyone at the local dump has to say about it (that place is a gold mine for parts and people, there are guys there that work for phone companies that can probably tell me all about this thing).

however it got to the hands of the electrician that gave it to me, i have no idea, maybe his uncle ordered the wrong part? (it's a family run business).

[CoffeeFiend]

bonestonne, on Nov 26 2008, 07:35 PM, said:

i'll probably list in on ebay for a while...

The problem with those kind of things is, it 99% likely won't sell the first time. You could relist it many times, and pay near the item's worth in fees by the time it sells (unless you get very lucky and someone just happened to be looking exactly for that). And it's not like you can even try to sell with no reserve to lower your ebay fees, as the first and only person looking for it will bid, and you'll get $1 for it.

Personally, I'd probably contact a place that sells such things 2nd hand, and ask them how much they'd give you for it. No waiting, no ridiculous ebay fees (or any of the usual hassles selling on ebay), just an honest amount, straight in your pockets. They'll hold onto it for weeks or months, and sell it at a good price to whoever needs it then. Likely, they'll be able to test it and provide a warranty, which you can't do yourself (selling as-is with no warranty on ebay isn't a recipe for getting big $ either).

It's more or less the same thing I do with photo stuff. Stores will gladly buy your old stuff, to resell it at a profit. I'd probably get a few $ more selling it on ebay (photo stuff is a lot more common, there's LOTSs of buyers). But all the stuff you got to do... Handing out many shipping estimates, answering tons of questions, tracking #s to email and all that stuff for every item... And ebay + paypal fees are not so low. It's just not worth the hassle IMO.

[bonestonne]

that's also a possibility, i just need to find a retailer that will do that.

[jcarle]

crahak, on Nov 26 2008, 07:54 PM, said:

... pay near the item's worth in fees by the time it sells ... no ridiculous ebay fees ...

How is a single $0.15 insertion fee ridiculous on an item that doesn't sell?