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 (ISA): ISDN BRI
- J2109A (ISA): ISDN BRI (US)
- 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 (this is no Ethernet)
- J2794A: X.25 interface
- J2802A: ATM interface, OC3/155Mb
- J2802B: ATM interface, OC3/STS-3c 155Mb
- 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 EISA Fast Ethernet network interface
- 3Com 3c597-TX EISA Fast Ethernet network, should work with Phobos EISA drivers
GSC/HSC
HP GSC expansion cards care similar-sized to EISA cards and are thus called EISA formfactor. There are also HSC (about 3×5 inches) and GSC-M cards. Some GSC+ cards are also called HSC, but in fact are EISA formfactor.
GSC 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)
- 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 (= A4070B + A4072A)
- A4179A: HCRX-24Z graphics (= 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 (= A4070B + A4242A)
- A4442A: Visualize-24 graphics (= A4071B + A4242A)
- A4443A: upgrade HCRX-8/24Z to Visualize-{8,24}
- A4450A: Visualize-EG graphics, EVC
- A4451A: Dual Visualize-EG graphics, EVC
- A4452A: 2MB add-on memory for A4450A and A4451A
- A4925A: 1000BaseSX Gigabit-Ethernet (A4925-60001)
- A4926A: 1000BaseSX Gigabit-Ethernet interface
- J2498A: ATM network interface, 155Mb
- J2499A: ATM network interface, OC3c 155Mb
- J3515A: 100BaseT/10BaseT/AUI Ethernet interface
- J3516A: 100BaseT/10BaseT dual port Ethernet interface
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GSC HSC formfactor
- A2969A: Fast-Wide Differential (HVD) SCSI adapter (A2926-60001)
- A2999A: Color graphics, Dsub15 connector
- A3519A: Visualize-EG graphics, EVC
- A3722A: FDDI network interface
- A4455A: Visualize-48XP graphics, EVC
- A4924A: 1000BaseSX Ethernet interface
- J2468A: ATM/622 network interface
- J2469A: ATM/155 network interface
- J2803A: ATM network interface, OC3/155 Mbps
- J2803B: ATM network interface, OC3/UTP5/155 Mbps
- J2499A: ATM network interface, OC3c 155Mb (J2499-60011)
- J3514A: Dual 10/100Mbit Ethernet interface (J3514-60001)
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GSC mezzanine formfactor
- A4248A: Video Export Board (GSC daughter board)
- A4267A: 8-plane graphics
- A4268A: Fast Wide SCSI
- A4315A: HCRX-8VME graphics
- A4316A: HCRX-24VME graphics
- A4333A: HP Visualize-IVX graphics (GSC daughter board)
- J3420A: ATM networking, OC3/UTP5/155 Mbps
- Z5117A: PCMCIA adapter for 743rt
Special formfactors
- A2889A: fwd SCSI interface (HP Visualize B132L and B160L)
- A2991-60001: Access Port modem (HP Visualize C160, C180, C200 and C240)
- A3262-69211: Access Port modem (HP Visualize C160, C180, C200 and C240)
- A2654A: FDDI network interface for HP 9000 755
- A2658A: 802.3 AUI network interface for HP 9000 735
- A2665A: FDDI network interface for HP 9000 735
- A2831A: 802.3 10Base2 ThinLAN network interface for HP 9000 735
SGC
There are two types of HP SGC expansion cards shipped by HP: larger DIO-II formfactor and EISA-sized (EISA formfactor) cards.
DIO-II formfactor
- A1439A: CRX-24 graphics
- A1454A: CRX-24Z, Z-buffer daughter board for CRX-24
- A1471A: Personal VRX graphics, RGB BNC
- A1472A: Turbo VRX graphics, RGB BNC
- A1659A: CRX graphics
- A1924A: GRX graphics
- A1986A: EISA slot for HP 9000 720
- A2089A: Video/Audio for HP 9000 715s/t
- A2091A: CRX-48Z graphics processor (external box)
- A2091A-66580: CRX-48Z SGC interface (for CRX-48Z)
- 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 box) with
A2675-66581: CRX-48Z SGC interface - A2804A: EISA slot for HP 9000 715
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GIO/TSIO
GIO is the special formfactor of GSC expansion cards for HP 9000 712 workstations.
- A2878A: second video card
- A4011A: 802.5 Token Ring network interface
- A4011B: 802.5 Token Ring network interface
- A4013A: second RS232 serial port
- A4014A: second Ethernet LAN (AUI+TP) and serial port. Pinout AUI/RS232 Y-cable
- A4015A: second serial and X25 network link (DB9M RS232C connectors)
- A4217A: second Ethernet LAN (AUI+TP) and second VGA
- TAMS 50488: HP-IB interface
- TSIO: A4012A and A4012AJ: TeleShare POTS interface, phone RJ11C
HP-PB
There are two types of HP-PB expansion cards used by HP for PA-RISC: single and double height HP-PB (also called HP/PB).
- 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 network interface
- J2146A: 10Mbit Ethernet network interface, single-height