Re: Looking for Info on this Accelerator Card

["Terence J. Boldt" <apple2@cgocable.net>]

Wow!  That's the first accelerator I've seen that would be very easy to
copy.  The hard part is the five PALs but they are socketed and I'm sure
someone has a full logic programmer.  Too bad I only have an EPROM
programmer.  With a logic decoder/programmer, that card could easily be
reproduced for under $70 a piece (in quantities of about 20 or 30).  Of
course the really really hard part is to find the original manufacturer and
to get permission to clone the card.  Perhaps it's inspiration for someone
to invent their own...

-- Ter


Alan Tuttle <news001@macgeek.org> wrote in message
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> Hi, guys!
>
> I just purchased a Bell & Howell Apple II+. Inside of the computer has
> the following card:
>
> http://www.macgeek.org/identify/accelerator01.jpg (278KB file)
>
> Does anyone have any information about it? I found it sitting in slot
> 4. How fast is it supposed to make the II+? I noticed there's a 65C02
> chip on the far right of the card, and the initials M.C.T on it. One of
> the ROMs has the sticker "MCT SpeedDemon".
>
> Thanks!