What this part is
The 6ES7742-2AC20-0AA0 is a Siemens SIMATIC PG740 PIII programming device — a field programmer for S7-300/400, S5, and S7-200 controllers. It ships with a 13.3-inch XGA-TFT display, a Pentium III 800E processor, 128 MB of RAM, and a 20 GB hard drive loaded with STEP5 V7.15, STEP7 V5.1 SP1, Micro/WIN V3.11 SP1, and Windows 98 SE in German.
