Outstanding vintage IBM PC/XT-era compatible motherboard from the golden age of early personal computing.This is a remarkably clean and visually impressive surviving example of an early Taiwanese PC-compatible motherboard, dating approximately to the mid-1980s. The board retains its dense array of period ICs, socketed components, ROM/EPROM, configuration switches and eight full-length 8-bit ISA expansion slots.Visible features include:• 640K RAM motherboard configuration
• Eight 8-bit ISA/PC expansion slots
• Large bank of vintage DIP memory ICs
• Multiple ROM socket positions
• Socketed ROM/EPROM with vintage handwritten identification label
• NEC, Hitachi, Texas Instruments and other period semiconductor components
• DIP configuration switch bank
• Made in Taiwan
• Classic through-hole construction throughoutThe condition is especially noteworthy. For a motherboard of this age, it is amazingly clean and well preserved. The traces, sockets, ICs and expansion connectors present extremely well, making this an exceptional display piece in addition to its potential use in a vintage PC restoration.Boards like this represent an important period in computing history when IBM-compatible personal computers rapidly expanded the PC industry and established the architecture that would dominate desktop computing for decades. It is a substantial and highly displayable piece of genuine early PC hardware rather than a modern reproduction.This motherboard has not been tested and is therefore being sold AS-IS / UNTESTED for restoration, collection, historical display, parts or research.Please study all photographs carefully. You will receive the exact vintage motherboard shown.A fantastic artifact for an IBM PC/XT collector, vintage computer museum, hardware historian, retro-computing enthusiast or period-correct PC restoration.