Re: BASIS 108 anyone?

[michael.schael@auge.de (Michael Schael)]

Artur Jasowicz <arturj@thymaster.interaccess.com> wrote:

......
> Tan??? The one I have had case made out of two sheets of stainless steel (
> I had helluva fun trying to drill a hole for new connector )! The case
> looked like "handyman's special" ;). The main board has no silkscreen on
> it, and it looks like it was sold as kit assembled by it's first owner.
> Was yours fully assembled straight from the factory?
> 

Hy Artur,
yes it s a realy heavy box. You can use it as a step for your bookshelf
and I think it s bulletproof.

I m happy to hear that this machine has found its way to your country. 

If you try Apple II Programms on it, be warned. The 80 colum card ist
very special. The usual videx card came out later (and became standard)

The mentioned 600 K drives were not the original. It had two 40 Track
drives with somewhat of 140 K build in.
> 
> : I think it is an Apple II+, not IIe.
> It's possible, I never knew enough to be able to tell the diference.
> 
The IIe uses an 65C02 (insted of a 6502) and the main Difference are the
ROMs. The memory slot is different. The IIe was designed to avoid
cloning. I think it had some special circuits? There was no official
clone. And I think no real inofficial to.

> Do any of you guys have any docs for this machine? I am trying to transfer
> files from it to my PC, but I could never figure out how to access serial
> port. Under CP/M it doesn't seem to be initialized properly, and I don't
> know it's hardware address to talk to it directly. For now I am using
> homebrew interface with joystick port as my I/O on the Basis side.
> 

I have the whole Dokumentation (somewhere ?). The manual is written in
german. It is similar to the early Apple manuals. A real technical help.
Not only colored pictures as in the later one. If I can dig it out, I
can look for the serial problem.

> I wonder how many units of Basis 108 were manufactured? So far I know of 6
> persons who own(ed) it. Looks like this might be a rare collector's item
> :)
> 

In Germany, I think, they sold a few hundreds (or thousands?). In our
user group, AUGE, we have some owners. The AUGE e. V. is the former
"Apple User Group Europe". It was founded to support the Apple II Users.
Now the Apple II group is a still an important part in the club. Since
most of our members have - or had - an Apple II, IIc, BASIS or what
ever, we are interested in that machine in historic reasons.

Some answers in this group came from AUGE members. (Hallo Martin, Hy
Dirk!) I will try to contact someone else to solve your
transfer-problem.

Bye ... Michael