Re: Unidentified IIe Card !!!

["Leslie Ayling" <layling@intercoast.com.au>]

David Empson <dempson@actrix.gen.nz> wrote in message
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> Scott Alfter <salfter@chakotay.ncc74656.org> wrote:
>
> > >There was also a 68000 card (I know, because I have one) that allowed
> > >you to run CP/M-86 aswell.
> >
> > I think I saw an ad for one of these long ago, but it was aimed more at
> > running MacOS than CP/M-86 (wasn't that an x86-based OS anyway?).
>
> Yes.  CP/M-86 requires an 8088 or 8086, so a 68000 card would have
> nothing to do with it.
>
> The 68K version of OS/9 seems a more likely prospect.  MacOS would be
> highly improbable.
>
> Was there ever actually a 68K card which made it to the market?  I
> remember hearing about one being designed, but I don't remember it being
> released.
>
> --
> David Empson
> dempson@actrix.gen.nz
> Snail mail: P O Box 27-103, Wellington, New Zealand

DOH!
Sorry slip of the fingers. That should have read CPM-68K

The 68000 card I have has 128k on the board and originally sold
for $1850 (AUS) when it was released!
Mine was in a unit that was given to me so I don't know where the
card was originally purchased.

There is also some software included in the package to speed up
Applesoft Basic string handling functions.

OS/9 was available on the Apple][ with the addition of a card called
"The Mill" by Stellation Two. It didn't have any RAM onboard but
as far as I can recall it re-mapped the Apple ][ memory in a similar way
to the Microsoft Softcard. It also had Applesoft speed-up software
patches that came with it.

Leslie