The Ware for August 2018 is shown below.
Thanks to Patricio Worthalter for contributing this ware!
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I forgot to also mention that the ware is up for grabs in case anyone recognizes it and needs it, and can cover the cost of shipping. Leave a comment here and I can connect you with Patricio.
Some hints from the chip datasheets:
NS32CG16: High Performance Printer/Display Processor
“The NS32CG16 is a 32-bit microprocessor in the Series 32000/EPTM family that provides special features for graphics applications. It is specifically designed to support page oriented printing technologies such as Laser, LCS, LED, Ion-Deposition and InkJet.”
DP83902A: Serial Network Interface Controller for Twisted Pair
NS32FX16: Imaging/Signal Processor
“… specifically optimized for CCITT Group 2 and Group 3 Facsimile Applications, Data Modems, Voice Mail Systems, Laser Printers, or any combination of the above”
So in all likelihood, this board would have been found inside a Laser/Inkjet type networked printer. Still trying to figure out how the cartridge fits into it… could hold data, or a program?
Did you know that fonts were sometimes installed via cartridges? Also, IIRC, a PostScript processing system.
http://www.obsoletemedia.org/laserjet-font-cartridge/
Processor board for a laser printer and the cart would be the Postscript font package?
You just had to post it upside-down :)
I think this is an aftermarket motherboard replacement for an early HP LaserJet series printer to add onboard networking. The font cartridge slot and RJ-45/AUI ports give that part of it away. There’s also not much RAM, in keeping with the early LaserJet machines.
I’d guess it’s an upgrade from II->III, since HP also had that upgrade path officially. It would be easy for someone to knockoff the upgrade and keep selling it after HP stopped.
I would guess that is a
MICOM EASY ROUTER HCFT FEATURE PAK
PN#100-3536-008
and
MICOM INTEGRATION ROUTER MODULE 5000IRM/5T/S
PN# 160-2531-002
Or something very close.
Like described here:
http://www.kitchville.com/buysample59.htm
I might have been lucky searching the SW number (907-2233-0).
Seems right
https://www.ebay.com/itm/MICOM-MARATHON-160-2465-002-ETHERNET-LAN-INTERFACE-WITH-MICOM-RTS-160-2465-002/262689364012?_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIM.MBE%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D49477%26meid%3D983e4e3b828a4ac19947e6b14939f7d2%26pid%3D100623%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D1%26sd%3D200895041927&_trksid=p2047675.c100623.m-1
some of the blurring seems to be succeptible to being attacked like a low-quality hash, it’s actually a usable attack method according to an article I read a while back
It’s exactly what SAM and megabytephreak say it is. I wish these challenges could last a little longer to give us more time to play. But I guess some months are easier than others.
The font cartridge slot and RJ-45/AUI ports give that part of it away