Re: Query - Card found

[shack@onyx.southwind.net (Randy Shackelford)]

David C.W. Chiu (dchiu@netcom.com) wrote:
: In article <3qfvv8$8ch@onyx.southwind.net>,
: Randy Shackelford <shack@onyx.southwind.net> wrote:
: >David C.W. Chiu (dchiu@netcom.com) wrote:

: >The SWIM, 15.667 mHz clock crystal, and GALs are sure fire tipoffs that it's
: >a superdrive card. I pulled mine out to look it over. It says "Apple 3.5"
: >controller card Apple Computer (c) 1991" across the top. There's an LED in the
: >top center and a big ROM chip at top left. There's no 6502 on mine though,
: >sure you aren't mistaken about that?

: Can you look at the chip directly under the ROM? On this "confusing" 
: mystery card it has a VLSI chip labeled "343S6502-A" Nearby is silk 
: screened text read "65C02"...

Hey you're right, I didn't look closely enough I guess. When you said 65C02 I
was thinking the big DIP kinda 65C02. Sure enough, there it is. I was convinced
when you said SWIM though since there's about one card I know of with one of
those on it.

: >If you don't have a use for the card, put it on marketplace. It'll be gone
: >quicker than you can say "where'd it go?"

: I do love to, but I might want to keep it and search for a superdrive 
: instead; that is, if it is a superdrive card...

Well now you know. If you have trouble finding a drive, just get a bare mech
from one of the Mac hardware places like I see in the classifieds on AOL or
somewhere, then swap it into a dead grey 800K drive case. That's what I did.
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Randy Shackelford                                 I was internet
shack@southwind.net                               when internet wasn't cool