Bruce Tomlin
Experienced Member
First thing I noticed is that slot looks wrecked. Second thing is it has a TMS-9918, dated 8136. That isn't the kind of chip you expect to find on something with a S-100 slot. There's also an 82S100 dated 8217.Seen this thing in my feed for a while. Thought it was maybe parts of a terminal? I tried looking it but nothing. Seller doesn't respond to inquiries. Not looking to buy as it looks rough, but curious as it looks like it has a 100 pin slot. Can't see a CPU. Maybe under the ribbon or maybe on a card that plugged into the slot.
Other notable chips are AM9517 DMA Controller, AM9513 System Timing Controller, NEC D765C floppy controller. The nearby floppy connector (looks like 50 pin) is also a bit wrecked. And yeah, no view of the CPU, probably under that ribbon cable.
It's just a weird mix. It would be interesting to see what's on those EPROMs, but it's definitely not worth five hundred US dollars. You don't get that kind of money by simply tossing the word "vintage" around.