Can anyone help identify this?

[Silntdoogood]

First off, I know the

is very bad. It was posted a while ago, and Youtube has diminished the quality, along with I just wasn't all that good at filming, nor knowledgeable at the time. I consider myself a little more versed in hardware since I acquired this two years ago, but I'm still stumped. I don't have a camera with which I can re-record a video, and it's been bothering my lately that I could rebuild my compaq portable, but still don't know what this does.

 

To add a little info to the video:

 

All other cards are the same, they run off an AC current. Each has an individual power switch, a female db25 connection. It has two phone connections with all four lines connected, so it's not JUST for data use, I presume. It can power the lines too (or feed off a power connection?) The LEDs are labled TM AA HS OH SD RD TR CD.

 

Thanks for your time

-Spence

[Prodos8]

Some kinda of bank of modems?

 

The LEDs are labeled just like those on a modem: AA=Auto Answer, HS=High Speed, OH=Off Hook, SD=Send Data, RD=Receive Data, CD=Carrier Detect

 

ETA: BOCA Research Modem Rack

 

It looks like yours is missing the front cover.

[Silntdoogood]

Some kinda of bank of modems?

 

The LEDs are labeled just like those on a modem: AA=Auto Answer, HS=High Speed, OH=Off Hook, SD=Send Data, RD=Receive Data, CD=Carrier Detect

 

ETA: BOCA Research Modem Rack

 

It looks like yours is missing the front cover.

 

Yup, that looks right to me! Thanks for the info & link! I'll have to see what I can do with it now. Maybe I can find a better use than a prop to keep my macro-keyboard up a little higher!

[desiv]

Yeah, that pic/logo on the one chip looked like a Rockwell chipset modem chip....

 

You got a modem bank there..

 

desiv

[Crimefighter]

Looks like a modem rack used by Bulletin Board Systems (BBS's) back more than a decade ago.

[the-topdog]

My university used modem rack banks like this one.

[Silntdoogood]

Thanks, I'll update the video next time I'm logged in.