Re: Mountain Multifunction Card

[adrianw@cassius.ee.usyd.EDU.AU (Adrian Whichello)]

In article <4tc68d$kp1@cello.gina.calstate.edu>,
Steve Jensen <sjensen@cello.gina.calstate.edu> wrote:
>louiss@gate.net              (Louis Schulman) writes:
>> Well, what does anyone know about the Mountain Multifunction card? 
>> It evidently is at least a clock card and a serial card, but what else?
>> Unfortunately, I don't have the cables, and there are connectors and jumpers
>> all over the place.  What do I connect where?
>> 
>> Is there software for this card?  Manuals?  Anyone gots?
>
>Yea, I have a Mountain CPS Multifunction card with manual and software.
>It's a serial, parallel and clock card for an Apple ][.  An AA battery
>holder powers the clock and keeps the config in the card's memory.  It
>works in any slot except 0.  It needs a special chip socket that goes 
>under the 74LS138 at H12 on the motherboard and is connected by 2 wires
>to the pins at J6 on the card.  I don't have the socket. :(
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Weren't you Bob Jensen last time I looked :-)

I also have the old manual and an old disk (original is DOS 3.2, but I have a
copy in 3.3, that had to be "fiddled" to work - muffin or whatever the
conversion program was wouldn't touch it). I also have a copy of all the email
Bob and I shared about the card last year. You don't need the jumper wire and
IC plug/socket to do useful work with the card, only if you want to use the
"phantom slots" remapping feature.

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