Re: Help identifying hardware

[kelly.petriew@sask1.com (Kelly Petriew)]

On Thu, 21 Oct 1999 07:14:39 -0500, Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>
wrote:

>Kelly Petriew writes ...
>> 
>> I was at a thrift shop recently and found an Apple IIe clone called an
>> "Golden II".  It had a couple of cards in it that I've never seen
>> before.
>> One looked like some kind of video card, it had a ROM chip on it with
>> a single 'RCA' cable that went to the video out on the motherboard, it
>> had a second 'RCA' cable attached to the back (nearest keyboard) of
>> the card that I assume went to the monitor.  There were no brand names
>> on the thing, and I didn't get a chance to write down any numbers.
>>
>
>     A guess is that the chip that looks like a ROM is some kind of TV/video
>IC and that the board converts Apple II composite video to either some other
>standard-- like NTSC to PAL-- or to RF for connecting to a TV via a "TV/Game
>switch".
I bought both of these cards and inspected the case they came out of a
little closer.  I don't remember seeing an 80-column card in the usual
spot (very weird motherboard).  I got thinking that this particular
card I bought is an imitation 80col card.  I plugged it into a machine
when I got home, and hooked the output up to a monitor.  I have not
tried it to my VCR yet, but I expect the same results.
> 
>> The other didn't have many chips on it (2-3) but it did have a 6522
>> chip on it with a (15 pin?) adapter for a ribbon cable.
Turns out it had 20 pins (sorry, my bad memory)
>
>ftp://tarnover.dyndns.org/cabi/Apple.CLASSIC.GRAPHICS/
>and
>ftp://tarnover.dyndns.org/cabi/FAQs.and.INFO/ .

tried there, didn't see anything that looked like it.
But on a little more inspection on the web, it seems that the 6522 is
a good trip for controlling serial or parallel information.  In this
case, I believe it is an el-cheapo serial card.


Thanks for your suggestions :)