Re: What do these cards do and other questions...

[nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <jdeeley-ya02408000R1409971211500001@news.zippo.com>,
jdeeley <jdeeley@calvin.stemnet.nf.ca*REMOVE_THIS*> wrote:
>I've just found a box that says MultiFlex Incorporated. Inside it has a 16K
>ram module, labled "16k Ram module Multiflex tech inc. 1982" It's got a
>ribbon cable with an end with 16 prongs on it (8 to a side). A photocopied
>instruction sheet that came with it says it's for an Apple II+ computer. Is
>it usable with any other Apple II? Specifically, is it any good to a IIGS
>or a Mac 512k? I don't remember reading about an Apple II+ in the FAQ, is
>it rare? Or does it mean a IIe?

   Most likely not useful. As it says on the card, that's 16 Kilobytes
of memory. [That used to be a big amount] There's no place to plug that
into a GS, and the Mac512K probably can't deal with it either. The ][+
is in the csa2 FAQ at http://www.visi.com/~nathan/a2/faq/csa2.html
section 2.2.

>Also in the box was an Eprom Programmer Card, also by MultiFlex. 
>What does an Eprom programmer do? What computer is it for?

   An EPROM is an 'Electrically Programmable Read Only Memory',
basically a way of building your own ROM chips. The card can probably
be used in an Apple II, but it's not that useful if you're not a
hardware hacker.

Nathan Mates

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