Re: A2 expansion card FAQ v00

[John Le Febvre <john@klatch.demon.co.uk>]

In article: <434atv$dcn@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu>  
technoid@firefly.prairienet.org (Deven D. Atkinson) writes:
> 
> A while back someone suggested that a FAQ be developed about the
> boards that find homes in our Apple // expansion slots.
> (Apologies to the originator of the idea, but I lost the message.)

It was me! :)

> I would like to give a stab at pulling it together.

You may be interested to know that I had ONE entry for this.
(Thanks David!).  I'd have thought the A2 community would have
been a BIT more helpful on this one...

My thought was for the details of the entries to include physical 
dimensions of the card, number of chips, connectors and any markings
(including those on the chips).

I would be willing to post details of all of my cards, plus any others
I find in old magazines (i.e. photographed).  Maybe have a source of
reference detail?

An entry would then go something like this :-

Card name:
Type/Category:
Description:      (what is it for - may be redundant if category is 
detailed)
Usable in:        (ie II,II+,//e,//c,IIgs,Laser,ITT2020 etc)
Connectors:       (number and type)
Chips:            (Number, size, markings)
Phys.Description: (colour, size, weight?, etc)
Posted by:        (just in case you want extra info?)
Source:           (physical card, magazine, memory, word-of-mouth etc)


As for categories...

Disk controllers
Video cards
Memory cards
I/O cards (inc Mouse, clock?)
Accelerator cards
Sound cards
Controller cards (IEEE488, EPROM burners, etc)
Co-Pro cards (z80, PCT etc)


Any further ideas folks?

-- 
John.
john@klatch.demon.co.uk