Re: Looking for Info on this Accelerator Card

[Alan Tuttle <news001@macgeek.org>]

Here, Ter... A picture of the back of the accelerator:

http://www.macgeek.org/identify/accelerator01a.jpg (360KB file)

Hopefully that'll help anyone who wants to study the card.


In article <37beab5e.0@news.cgocable.net>, Terence J. Boldt
<apple2@cgocable.net> wrote:

> 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
> 190819991716045820%news001@macgeek.org">news:190819991716045820%news001@macgeek.org...
> > 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!