Re: 3.5 drive on IIe question

[Matt Jenkins <mdj@pacific.net.au>]

David Wilson wrote:
> 
> Roy and/or Janet Miller <millers@inetnebr.com> writes:
> >I only have two complaints about my //c+ - I can't find a hard drive for it, and
> >I can't find a memory upgrade card for it. Other wise it's a really sweet
> >machine!
> 
> I would be prepared to wager that an Apple //c memory expansion card could be
> made to work in a //c+ with a change to the firmware.

You might be right; The AE RamExpress card worked for both the //c+ and
the ROM3/4 //c's
that had the expansion connector. (I much preferred the Z-RAM myself,
but that definitely
won't work in a //c+)
  
> Unfortuately I cannot test this theory as I only have the memory card and no
> //c+. I could try my //e memory expansion card on a Zip-8MHz //e. Does the
> //c+ accellerator work like a Zip chip?

Works exactly like a Zip Chip, except that Apple licensed the technology
from zip and
added it to the //c+ as a 4mhz 65C02 with the Zip logic implemented in
gals. Something
to do with reliability concerns IIRC. 

I'm pretty sure the slot based Apple II memory card will work fine in
the //e accellerated,
although I've only ever tested this with Transwarps.

Cheers,

Matt