PA-RISC Expansion Cards
There were many HP custom expansion cards sold with and for HP 9000 computers. Many were custom designs, other were, sometimes relabeled, third party designs. This list is not exhaustive and based on HP documentation from the 1990s.
EISA/ISA
HP designed and shipped many custom EISA expansion cards for its HP 9000 workstations and servers.
- A2544A - Apollo Token Ring/9000 adapter
- A2545A - Apollo Token Ring/9000 adapter and EISA slot (for 720)
- A2679A - Fast SCSI-2 host adapter
- A3402A - 10/100VG LAN interface
- A3658A - 100BaseT Ethernet interface
- A3659A - FDDI interface
- A4031A - Fiberchannel interface 266Mb
- A4308A/A4308B - 100BaseT Ethernet interface
- B5502AA - FDDI interface
- E2070A/B/C - HP-IB interface, normal speed (ISA)
- E2071A/B/C/I - HP-IB interface, high speed
- E2074A/B - GPIO interface
- J2104A - ISDN BRI (ISA))
- J2109A - ISDN BRI (for the US) (ISA)
- J2159A - X.25 interface
- J2165A - IEEE 802.5 token ring interface
- J2220B - Programmable Serial Interface
- J2226A - SNAplus link
- J2460A - ISDN ISA/EISA adapter
- J2482A - 8-port RS232C multiplexer
- J2483A - 64-port RS232C multiplexer
- J2645AA - 10/100VG LAN interface (no Ethernet!)
- J2794A - X.25 interface
- J2802A - ATM interface, OC3/155Mb (only 700 series)
- J2802B - ATM interface, OC3/STS-3c 155Mb (only 700 series)
- J2815A - dual port Programmable Serial Interface
- 25525A/25525B - fast narrow (8-bit) HVD SCSI-2 interface
- 25560A - HP-IB interface, high speed
- 25567B - EISA LAN Ethernet card
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Other Vendors
- Interphase WA-C321T-UX - FDDI SAS interface
- Interphase WA-C323T-UX - CDDI SAS interface
- Interphase WA-C326T-UX - FDDI DAS interface
- Interphase WA-C328T-UX - CDDI DAS interface
- Interphase 4811 - FDDI single MIC, single/dual UTP, single/dual STP
- Interphase 4824 - 100BaseT/10BaseT Ethernet interface
- MDL Corp. FAWS - wide single-ended SCSI-2 interface
- MDL Corp. FAW - wide differential SCSI-2 interface
- Parallax XVideo 700 - Video export/import
- Qualix IW-h100 - Phobos 10BaseT interface
- SBE WSU 432S - wide single-ended SCSI-2 interface
- SBE WSU 432D - wide differential SCSI-2 interface
- FE Phobos H100 Fast EISA Ethernet
- 3Com 3c597-TX EISA Fast Ethernet, should work with the above Phobos driver
GSC/HSC
For further reference view Buses
The default formfactor of GSC cards is sized similarly to an standard EISA card, so it is called EISA formfactor; there was also the HSC (about 3×5 inches) and GSC-M form-factor. Some GSC+ cards are also called HSC, but in fact are in the EISA formfactor
EISA formfactor
- A2874-66005 - Fast-Wide high-voltage differential (HVD) SCSI-2 interface
- A4107A - wide SCSI-2 interface
- A3723A - FDDI interface
- A4070A/A4070B - HCRX-8 graphics
- A4071A/A4071B - HCRX-24 graphics
- A4072A - 3D accelerator for any HCRX graphics
- A4073A/A4073B - CRX-48Z GSC interface (for CRX-48Z graphics processor)
- A4074A - CRX-48Z graphics processor
- A4077A/A4077B (A4081-66009) - CR 2D 8-bit color graphics
- A4078A - Dual CR 2D graphics
- A4079A/A4079B - HCRX-8Z graphics (in fact is A4070B + A4072A)
- A4179A - HCRX-24Z graphics (in fact is A4071B + A4072A)
- A4211A - Visualize-48 graphics
- A4242B - Z-Buffer + accelerator for HCRX graphics
- A4244A - Visualize-48 graphics
- A4245A - texture memory for the above
- A4246A - Visualize-48XP graphics, EVC
- A4247A - texture memory for the above
- A4247A - video export daughter card for HCRX graphics
- A4253-69001 - Freedom Interface graphics, 13W3 connector
- A4253A - Freedom S3150 graphics accelerator
- A4254A - Freedom S3250 graphics accelerator
- A4255A - Freedom S3400 graphics accelerator
- A4333A - Visualize-IVX graphics, daughter card to HCRX graphics
- A4441A - Visualize-8 graphics (in fact is A4070B + A4242A)
- A4442A - Visualize-24 graphics (in fact is A4071B + A4242A)
- A4443A - upgrade HCRX-{8,24}Z to Visualize-{8,24}
- A4450A - Visualize-EG graphics, EVC
- A4451A - Dual Visualize-EG graphics, EVCconnector
- A4452A - 2MB add-on memory for A4450A & A4451A
- A4925A (A4925-60001) - 1000BaseSX fibre Gigabit-Ethernet
- A4926A - 1000BaseSX Gigabit-Ethernet interface
- J2498A - ATM interface, 155Mb
- J2499A - ATM interface, OC3c 155Mb
- J3515A - 100BaseT/10BaseT/AUI Ethernet interface
- J3516A - 100BaseT/10BaseT dual port Ethernet interface
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HSC formfactor
- A2969A (A2926-60001) - Fast-Wide Differential (HVD) SCSI Adapter.
- A2999A - Color graphics, Dsub15 connector
- A3519A - Visualize-EG graphics, EVC
- A3722A - FDDI interface
- A4455A - Visualize-48XP graphics, EVC
- A4924A - 1000BaseSX
- J2468A - ATM/622
- J2469A - ATM/155 adaptor
- J2803A - ATM adaptor, OC3/155 Mbps
- J2803B - ATM adaptor, OC3/UTP5/155 Mbps
- J2499A (J2499-60011) - ATM interface, OC3c 155Mb
- J3514A (J3514-60001) - Dual 10/100Mbit Ethernet interface
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GSC mezzanine formfactor
- A4248A - Video Export Board (GSC daughter)
- A4267A - 8-plane graphics
- A4268A - Fast Wide SCSI
- A4315A - HCRX-8VME
- A4316A - HCRX-24VME
- A4333A - HP VISUALIZE-IVX (GSC daughter)
- J3420A - ATM adaptor, OC3/UTP5/155 Mbps
- Z5117A - PCMCIA adaptor for 743rt
Special formfactors
- A2889A - fwdSCSI interface (B132L and B160L only)
- A2991-60001 - Access Port modem (C160, C180, C200 and C240 only)
- A3262-69211 - Access Port modem (C160, C180, C200 and C240 only)
- A2654A - FDDI Single, Daughter interface for 755
- A2658A - 802.3 AUI Daughter for 735
- A2665A - FDDI Daughter for 735
- A2831A - 802.3 10Base2 ThinLAN Daughter for 735
SGC
For further reference view Buses
There are two types of SGC expansion cards: the bigger cards, called DIO-II formfactor and the EISA-like (EISA formfactor) cards.
DIO-II formfactor
- A1439A - CRX-24 graphics
- A1454A - CRX-24Z, Z-buffer daughter board for the above card
- A1471A - Personal VRX graphics, RGB BNC
- A1472A - Turbo VRX graphics, RGB BNC
- A1659A - CRX graphics
- A1924A - GRX graphics
- A1986A - EISA slot for model 720
- A2089A - Video/Audio for 715s/t
- A2091A - CRX-48Z graphics processor, (external break-out box)
- A2091A-66580 - CRX-48Z SGC interface (for the above)
- A2262A - Dual CRX graphics
- A2269A - Non-CRX to Dual-CRX graphics/Dual-CRX to Quad-CRX graphics upgrade
- A2270A - CRX-24 to Dual CRX-24 graphics upgrade
- A2271A - CRX to CRX-24 graphics upgrade
- A2288-66003 - Audio-adapter board with room for optional FDDI slider
- A2666A - CRX-24Z to CRX-48Z graphics upgrade
- A2667A - PVRX to CRX-48Z graphics upgrade
- 98705P - P-VRX P3 graphics, RGB BNC
- 98768A - CRX graphics upgrade
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EISA formfactor
- A2673A - CRX-24 graphics interface
- A2674A - CRX-24Z, Z-Buffer daughter board for the above card
- A2675A - CRX-48Z graphics interface processor, (external break-out box) with
A2675-66581 - CRX-48Z SGC interface - A2804A - EISA slot for model 715
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GIO/TSIO
GIO is the special formfactor of GSC expansion cards for HP 9000 712 systems.
- A2878A - second video
- A4011A - 802.5 Token Ring interface
- A4011B - 802.5 Token Ring interface
- A4012A and A4012AJ - TeleShare POTS interface, analog RJ11C
- A4013A - second serial port
- A4014A - second LAN (AUI+TP) and serial port. Pinout for the AUI/RS232 Y-cable
- A4015A - second serial and X25 link (DB9M RS232C connectors)
- A4217A - second LAN (AUI+TP) and second VGA
- TAMS 50488 - HP-IB interface
HP-PB
For further reference view Buses
There are two types of HP-PB expansion cards: single and double height.
- 28696-60001 - 16-bit differential (HVD) SCSI, double-height
- 28670-60101 - DAS FDDI with MIC connector, double-height
- 28640-60001 - 10Mbit Ethernet AUI/BNC, single.height
- A3495A (A3495A-60001, A3495A-60301) 10/100Mbit Ethernet TP, single-height
- J2157A - FDDI
- J2146A - 10Mbit Ethernet, single-height