Re: ALF 8088 co processor board

[aiiadict@hotmail.com (Rich J.)]

pausch@saaf.se (Paul Schlyter) wrote in message news:<9g3nht$s7u$1@merope.saaf.se>...
> In article <370265cd.0106110759.214b1eb1@posting.google.com>,
> Rich J. <aiiadict@hotmail.com> wrote:
>  I may still have my ALF 8088 documentation and diskette left.  It
> contained very little software though -- mostly a patched RAM version
> of Applesoft where the 8088 did the floating-point math and thus
> speeded it up by approximately a factor of 10.  There were some
> utilities too, plus info on how to make the 8088 execute your own
> 8088 code.  But there was NO software development tools at all on
> that disk - not even an assembler.
>  
> Apart from the Applesoft speedup the ALF 8088 was mostly a curiosity:
> interesting for those who wanted to acquaint themselves with the
> 8088 but apart from that not of much use.


Applesoft speeedup sounds like it may be worth getting the board
running!

If you find the software for it, please give me an email!

Rich
http://rich12345.tripod.com