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Daristotle
06-07-2003, 12:20 AM
Today at the dumpster Goodwill (the ones with stuff shoved into bins) I found what looks like a motherboard. Except it has the A/V jack of a Super Nintendo or a N64, along with a lot of weird plugs. Also it has ORCA(J) 2.0A stamped on it along with some serial number I guess. And, it has to main chips with fans on them. One smaller then the other. After searching online I found mention of a Orca board in Gamecube devkits but can't find any pictures. Does anyone know what this is?
I only have a webcam so I'm not certain if a picture would help.
Daristotle
06-07-2003, 01:02 AM
Just compared it to my brothers Gamecube and those weird ports are on it to.
So, is there any way to get the other parts of the devkit from Nintendo? Or would it be to insanely priced? (Poor college kid here)
Goblin
06-07-2003, 10:22 AM
Also it has ORCA(J) 2.0A stamped on it along with some serial number I guess.
This may be gaming related, but I wouldn't get your hopes up. Orca is a company that made FPGA and other digital logic IC. They were bought by Lattice Semiconductor, who has taken over some of the product line and discontinued some others. A search of the Lattice web site (www.latticesemi.com) using the numbers on the chip might help to give you a clue to the function. Although if it is one of their FPGA that won't tell you much because an FPGA can be programed to perform any function you need.
A picture might help, especially if someone can cleary identify it as something else. Does the board have a company name on it? If it was a Nintendo board they would have their company name and a copyright on it. If it doesn't, my opinion is that you found a piece of junk. Good luck.