Artifact Details

Title

M68000 board

Catalog Number

102795924

Type

Physical Object

Description

The object is a well ventilated steel case containing a power supply and a large circuit board. The board has a Motorola MC68000 CPU. There are connectors for ribbon cables. A ribbon cable with an Apple II interface card is part of the lot (separate record).

For more information on these object refer to the wikipedia entry for "DTACK Grounded" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DTACK_Grounded). The board is an "attached processor" allowing a Motorola 68000 and memory to be used from an Apple II. It was designed by Hal Hardenberg and sold via his company Digital Acoustics (apparently not related to the company of the same name in 2019)

Date

1983

Manufacturer

Digital Acoustics, Inc.

Identifying Numbers

Model number 11-097 Etched on component side of board.
Other number 0366 Scratched by hand on component side of board.

Dimensions

overall: 7 7/8 in x 19 3/8 in x 4 1/8 in

Credit

Gift of Troy Sabean

Lot Number

X8818.2019

Related Records

102795925 Interface card