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Re: Help identifying card
In article <3b132188.20155682@news.ezlink.com>, jnoyes@nospam.sogi.org
(James Noyes) wrote:
>Just perusing some of my old Apple // cards tonight and came across
>one that I can't identify. It's a full-length card, and has "Digital
>Research" printed on it. It also has what appears to be some RAM, a
>Z80 cpu, a Motorola 6845 and a bunch of other support chips. Three of
>the chips have stickers on them that read "Gold Card Mailbox", "Gold
>Card Boot From", and "Gold Card DMC". I'm assuming that this would be
>a "Gold Card", but what the heck does it DO?
>
>Anyone?
>
>Replies in-group are fine, I'll see them.
It's a Digital Research Gold Card. :)
Seriously.
It ran CP/M 3.0 (sometimes also called CP/M Plus). Digital Research,
Inc., was the company that sold and maintained CP/M.
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