Took the opportunity this weekend to re-do our comms cabinet after a long while of being fed up of only half of the ports in the building being connected. HP PoE switch cost me a grand total of £30.
While out doing an IT audit a couple of weeks back, the company mentioned they had a diamond turning machine that had been out of action for a few months, now out of a support contract, that the manufacturer was quoting 5 figures for a repair; took a quick look and realized they had a failed DOM and things might be recoverable.
Went back today with parts in hand and a ton of research, and not only managed to get them back up and running, but upgraded the floppy drive to a Gotek and added a little DOOM to the CF card to replace the DOM.
PICMG SBC with a Celeron 533 and 64MB of RAM, 1GB Industrial CF boot drive, Gotek w/ FlashFloppy and Delta Tau PMAC cards driving three linear axis motors mounted to a several ton granite base.