More photos in the comments. Is it supposed to be connected to the motherboard? I found it in the case. It wasn’t connected. I think that the backside is some sort of thermal patch. I can tell that it’s not a camera but I’m very confused and the connection reminds me of more of a laptop or phone connection not something you would see in a PC. The data matrix contains the same text as the white sticker.

  • officermike@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Any more info about the computer it came out of? Laptop or tower? Approximate age/brand/model? What kind of drives in it? 5.25"/3.5" floppy? Optical disk drives? SATA/PATA?

    Initial thought is that the 6-pin end kinda looks like a vacuum tube socket, but I don’t know if FFC type cables were a thing in the tube era, and you’ve only told us “old,” not how old.